Lecture outline 6
9/7/01 

The eukaryotic cell

• compartmentalization into functionally distinct organelles
• nucleus
• mitochondria
• chloroplasts
• Endoplasmic reticulum
• Rough
• Smooth
• golgi apparatus
• lysosome
• peroxisomes
• vacuoles
• cytoplasm
• ribosomes
• cytoskeleton
• evolution of membrane bound organelles
• cell membrane invaginations
• endosymbiotic theory
• functional consequences of eukaryotic cell structure
• large size
• problems associated with getting bigger
• solutions
• microenvironments, specialized functions
• structural complexity and ability to change shape
• genomic complexity