The Cell (Smallest Unit) : A Region of DNA

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DNA occupies a nucleus, a membrane-bound, internal sac

In prokaryotic cells, A region of DNA


It occupies a nucleoid, a region of the cytoplasm that is not enclosed in
a membranous sac.

A capacity of metabolism

Controlled responses to the environment


Properties of life
growth

reproduction
The cell (smallest unit)

It has a semifluid
Define the cells as a distinct entity

matrix and structural components that have roles in protein synthesis,


energy conversions, and other vital
tasks

thin, outer membrane separates metabolic Cytoplasm


activities from random events outside, but
it does not isolate the cell
interior cytoplasm holds many ribosmes, the molecular structures on which
Plasma membrane proteins are built
Water, carbon dioxide, and oxygen enter and leave freely.

Nutrients,

lons, and other substances must be escorted

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