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Nucleoplasm, the Glossary

Index Nucleoplasm

The nucleoplasm, also known as karyoplasm, is the type of protoplasm that makes up the cell nucleus, the most prominent organelle of the eukaryotic cell.[1]

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  1. 68 relations: Acetyl-CoA, Adenosine diphosphate, Adenosine triphosphate, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, ATPase, Botany, Calcium, Cell division, Cell membrane, Cell nucleus, Chromosome, Citric acid cycle, Cofactor (biochemistry), Cytokinesis, Cytoplasm, Cytoplasmic streaming, DNA polymerase, DNA repair, DNA replication, Eduard Strasburger, Electron transport chain, Endoplasmic reticulum, Eukaryote, Franz Bauer, Germany, Glycolysis, Golgi apparatus, Homeostasis, Human genome, Human Protein Atlas, Importin, Intermediate filament, Linnean Society of London, Lipid bilayer, Magnesium, Metabolism, Mitosis, NAD+ synthase, National Human Genome Research Institute, Nuclear bodies, Nuclear envelope, Nuclear localization sequence, Nuclear pore, Nucleolus, Nucleoporin, Nucleotide, Organelle, Phosphoenolpyruvic acid, Phosphorus, Poland, ... Expand index (18 more) »

  2. Nuclear substructures

Acetyl-CoA

Acetyl-CoA (acetyl coenzyme A) is a molecule that participates in many biochemical reactions in protein, carbohydrate and lipid metabolism.

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Adenosine diphosphate

Adenosine diphosphate (ADP), also known as adenosine pyrophosphate (APP), is an important organic compound in metabolism and is essential to the flow of energy in living cells.

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Adenosine triphosphate

Adenosine triphosphate (ATP) is a nucleotide that provides energy to drive and support many processes in living cells, such as muscle contraction, nerve impulse propagation, and chemical synthesis.

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Antonie van Leeuwenhoek

Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723) was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology.

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ATPase

ATPases (Adenosine 5'-TriPhosphatase, adenylpyrophosphatase, ATP monophosphatase, triphosphatase, SV40 T-antigen, ATP hydrolase, complex V (mitochondrial electron transport), (Ca2+ + Mg2+)-ATPase, HCO3−-ATPase, adenosine triphosphatase) are a class of enzymes that catalyze the decomposition of ATP into ADP and a free phosphate ion or the inverse reaction.

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Botany

Botany, also called plant science (or plant sciences), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology.

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Calcium

Calcium is a chemical element; it has symbol Ca and atomic number 20.

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Cell division

Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two daughter cells.

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Cell membrane

The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of a cell from the outside environment (the extracellular space). Nucleoplasm and cell membrane are cell anatomy.

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Cell nucleus

The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells. Nucleoplasm and cell nucleus are cell anatomy.

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Chromosome

A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism. Nucleoplasm and chromosome are nuclear substructures.

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Citric acid cycle

The citric acid cycle—also known as the Krebs cycle, Szent–Györgyi–Krebs cycle or the TCA cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle)—is a series of biochemical reactions to release the energy stored in nutrients through the oxidation of acetyl-CoA derived from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.

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Cofactor (biochemistry)

A cofactor is a non-protein chemical compound or metallic ion that is required for an enzyme's role as a catalyst (a catalyst is a substance that increases the rate of a chemical reaction).

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Cytokinesis

Cytokinesis is the part of the cell division process and part of mitosis during which the cytoplasm of a single eukaryotic cell divides into two daughter cells.

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Cytoplasm

In cell biology, the cytoplasm describes all material within a eukaryotic cell, enclosed by the cell membrane, except for the cell nucleus. Nucleoplasm and cytoplasm are cell anatomy.

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Cytoplasmic streaming

Cytoplasmic streaming, also called protoplasmic streaming and cyclosis, is the flow of the cytoplasm inside the cell, driven by forces from the cytoskeleton.

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DNA polymerase

A DNA polymerase is a member of a family of enzymes that catalyze the synthesis of DNA molecules from nucleoside triphosphates, the molecular precursors of DNA.

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DNA repair

DNA repair is a collection of processes by which a cell identifies and corrects damage to the DNA molecules that encode its genome.

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DNA replication

In molecular biology, DNA replication is the biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule.

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Eduard Strasburger

Eduard Adolf Strasburger (1 February 1844 – 18 May 1912) was a Polish-German professor and one of the most famous botanists of the 19th century.

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Electron transport chain

An electron transport chain (ETC) is a series of protein complexes and other molecules which transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox reactions (both reduction and oxidation occurring simultaneously) and couples this electron transfer with the transfer of protons (H+ ions) across a membrane.

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Endoplasmic reticulum

The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a part of a transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding.

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Eukaryote

The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.

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Franz Bauer

Franz Andreas Bauer (later Francis) (14 March 1758 – 11 December 1840) was an Austrian microscopist and botanical artist.

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Germany

Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG), is a country in Central Europe.

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Glycolysis

Glycolysis is the metabolic pathway that converts glucose into pyruvate and, in most organisms, occurs in the liquid part of cells (the cytosol).

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Golgi apparatus

The Golgi apparatus, also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells.

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Homeostasis

In biology, homeostasis (British also homoeostasis) is the state of steady internal physical and chemical conditions maintained by living systems.

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Human genome

The human genome is a complete set of nucleic acid sequences for humans, encoded as DNA within the 23 chromosome pairs in cell nuclei and in a small DNA molecule found within individual mitochondria.

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Human Protein Atlas

The Human Protein Atlas (HPA) is a Swedish-based program started in 2003 with the aim to map all the human proteins in cells, tissues and organs using integration of various omics technologies, including antibody-based imaging, mass spectrometry-based proteomics, transcriptomics and systems biology.

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Importin

Importin is a type of karyopherin that transports protein molecules from the cell's cytoplasm to the nucleus.

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Intermediate filaments (IFs) are cytoskeletal structural components found in the cells of vertebrates, and many invertebrates.

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Linnean Society of London

The Linnean Society of London is a learned society dedicated to the study and dissemination of information concerning natural history, evolution, and taxonomy.

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Lipid bilayer

The lipid bilayer (or phospholipid bilayer) is a thin polar membrane made of two layers of lipid molecules.

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Magnesium

Magnesium is a chemical element; it has symbol Mg and atomic number 12.

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Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.

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Mitosis

Mitosis is a part of the cell cycle in which replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei.

See Nucleoplasm and Mitosis

NAD+ synthase

In enzymology, a NAD+ synthetase is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reaction The 3 substrates of this enzyme are ATP, deamido-NAD+, and NH3, whereas its 3 products are AMP, diphosphate, and NAD+.

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National Human Genome Research Institute

The National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI) is an institute of the National Institutes of Health, located in Bethesda, Maryland.

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Nuclear bodies

Nuclear bodies (also known as nuclear domains, or nuclear dots) are membraneless structures found in the cell nuclei of eukaryotic cells. Nucleoplasm and nuclear bodies are nuclear substructures.

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Nuclear envelope

The nuclear envelope, also known as the nuclear membrane, is made up of two lipid bilayer membranes that in eukaryotic cells surround the nucleus, which encloses the genetic material. Nucleoplasm and nuclear envelope are nuclear substructures.

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Nuclear localization sequence

A nuclear localization signal or sequence (NLS) is an amino acid sequence that 'tags' a protein for import into the cell nucleus by nuclear transport.

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Nuclear pore

A nuclear pore is a channel as part of the nuclear pore complex (NPC), a large protein complex found in the nuclear envelope of eukaryotic cells.

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Nucleolus

The nucleolus (nucleoli) is the largest structure in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells. Nucleoplasm and nucleolus are nuclear substructures.

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Nucleoporin

Nucleoporins are a family of proteins which are the constituent building blocks of the nuclear pore complex (NPC).

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Nucleotide

Nucleotides are organic molecules composed of a nitrogenous base, a pentose sugar and a phosphate.

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Organelle

In cell biology, an organelle is a specialized subunit, usually within a cell, that has a specific function. Nucleoplasm and organelle are cell anatomy.

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Phosphoenolpyruvic acid

Phosphoenolpyruvate (2-phosphoenolpyruvate, PEP) is the carboxylic acid derived from the enol of pyruvate and phosphate.

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Phosphorus

Phosphorus is a chemical element; it has symbol P and atomic number 15.

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Poland

Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe.

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Potassium

Potassium is a chemical element; it has symbol K (from Neo-Latin kalium) and atomic number19.

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Prokaryote

A prokaryote (less commonly spelled procaryote) is a single-cell organism whose cell lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.

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Protein

Proteins are large biomolecules and macromolecules that comprise one or more long chains of amino acid residues.

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Protein filament

In biology, a protein filament is a long chain of protein monomers, such as those found in hair, muscle, or in flagella.

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Protoplasm

Protoplasm is the living part of a cell that is surrounded by a plasma membrane.

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Pyruvate kinase

X-ray Crystallography Derived --> Pyruvate kinase is the enzyme involved in the last step of glycolysis.

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Pyruvic acid

Pyruvic acid (IUPAC name: 2-oxopropanoic acid, also called acetoic acid) (CH3COCOOH) is the simplest of the alpha-keto acids, with a carboxylic acid and a ketone functional group.

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Redox

Redox (reduction–oxidation or oxidation–reduction) is a type of chemical reaction in which the oxidation states of the reactants change.

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Regulation of gene expression

Regulation of gene expression, or gene regulation, includes a wide range of mechanisms that are used by cells to increase or decrease the production of specific gene products (protein or RNA).

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Ribosome

Ribosomes are macromolecular machines, found within all cells, that perform biological protein synthesis (messenger RNA translation). Nucleoplasm and Ribosome are cell anatomy.

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RNA polymerase

In molecular biology, RNA polymerase (abbreviated RNAP or RNApol), or more specifically DNA-directed/dependent RNA polymerase (DdRP), is an enzyme that catalyzes the chemical reactions that synthesize RNA from a DNA template.

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RNA splicing

RNA splicing is a process in molecular biology where a newly-made precursor messenger RNA (pre-mRNA) transcript is transformed into a mature messenger RNA (mRNA).

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Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)

Robert Brown (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.

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Secretion

Secretion is the movement of material from one point to another, such as a secreted chemical substance from a cell or gland.

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Sodium

Sodium is a chemical element; it has symbol Na (from Neo-Latin natrium) and atomic number 11.

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Sodium–potassium pump

The sodium–potassium pump (sodium–potassium adenosine triphosphatase, also known as -ATPase, pump, or sodium–potassium ATPase) is an enzyme (an electrogenic transmembrane ATPase) found in the membrane of all animal cells.

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Transcription (biology)

Transcription is the process of copying a segment of DNA into RNA.

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Transmembrane protein

A transmembrane protein is a type of integral membrane protein that spans the entirety of the cell membrane.

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See also

Nuclear substructures

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nucleoplasm

Also known as Karyoplasm, Karyoplasma, Kryoplasm, Neucleoplasm, Nuclear sap, Nucleohyaloplasm, Nucleosol.

, Potassium, Prokaryote, Protein, Protein filament, Protoplasm, Pyruvate kinase, Pyruvic acid, Redox, Regulation of gene expression, Ribosome, RNA polymerase, RNA splicing, Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773), Secretion, Sodium, Sodium–potassium pump, Transcription (biology), Transmembrane protein.