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PMB 3212 Exam 2 Difficult Terms
PMB 3212 Exam 2 Difficult Terms
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PMB 3212 Exam 2 Difficult Termstransmembrane proteins - ANS-Covalently associated proteins spanning bilayer
Carrier protein - ANS-Transmembrane; moves molecules across membrane against a
concentration gradient
Spindle Pole Body - ANS-Microtubule cluster that directs nuclear division in fungi, as an
alternative to centrosomes (animals)
Spitzenkorper - ANS-Dense cluster of vesicles at the hyphal tip, involved in chitin
synthesis as the chitosome (clusters of microvesicles), along with other cell wall
polymer synthesis. It is also engaged heavily in endo- and exocytosis (sensing,
responding, recycling)
Woronin Body - ANS-Simplified peroxisome organelle, containing a dense cluster of
protein (HEX-1) inside a bilayer (only in Pezizomycotina; Ascomycota)
Hydrophobins - ANS-Small bimodial proteins that self-assemble, extracellularly, into
sheets (hydrophobic faces air; hydrophilic faces cell wall)
Thigmotropism - ANS-Directional growth relative to topography/shape/physics
Generative hyphae - ANS-Hyphae with thin cell walls that bear spores on fruit bodies,
are short, highly septate, and rich in cell contents (ie organelles)
Skeletal hyphae - ANS-Hyphae with thickened cell walls that are long, less-frequently
septate, and have scarce cell contents
Arthrospores - ANS-Thallospores with simple septation without wall thickening
Sporangiospores - ANS-Spores enclosed in a specialized, walled sporangium
Conidiogenesis - ANS-Development mechanism for conidiospore formation
Holoblastic - ANS-Enlargement of hyphae as tip swelling and pinching
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