Prokaryotic: Small cells with simple structures that lack a membrane-bound nucleus or internal membrane bound structures.
Prokaryotic cells are comprised of kingdom bacteria and archaea.
Eukaryotic: Larger, more complex cells that have a true nucleus, and membrane-bound organelles.
Eukaryotic cells are comprised of kingdoms Algae, Protista, Fungi, Animalia, and Plantae.
Fluorescence Recovery After Photobleaching: A technique used to measure the diffusion rate of membrane, by using a powerful laster on a small part of a membrane in order to remove the fluorescent dye. The fluorescence will slowly recover and become fully fluorescent once it is able to diffuse again.
FRAP can be used to determine the rate of diffusion of different membranes.
Chemiosmotic: Theory that explains how most ATP is generated by movement down the election transport chain via mitochondrial membranes.
The chemiosmotic theory was founded by Peter Mitchell, explaining that the breakdown of high-energy molecules, like glucose and other sugars, allows for formation of other energy currency molecules such as NADH and FADH2 which are then used to generate ATP. He suggested that most ATP synthesized is via the electron transport chain.
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