The Basics of a Cell

Lecture 08
The Cell: The Basics

Dr. Derek P. Brazil
Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine
Queen’s University Belfast

(Preferred Pronouns: He/Him)



, Lecture 08-Learning Outcomes

• Appreciate how medical treatments have developed throughout his
• Recognize that mammalian cells vary in appearance and function
• Describe the features of eukaryotic cells and the building blocks th
make up cells
• Recognize the importance of genes and molecules in biology and
medicine
• Discuss the idea of cellular compartments and metabolic pathways
• Appreciate that the inside of a cell is different from the outside
• Describe the concept of cellular homeostasis


Reading Material: Essential Cell Biology 5th Ed. Chapter 1

,Infantile onset encephalomyopathy mitochondria
DNA depletion syndrome (MDDS)

• autosomal recessive disorder

• genetic mutation that reduces the amount of mit
DNA in muscle, liver and brain-symptoms: profo
weakness, encephalopathy, seizures, liver failur

• genes mutated include TK2 (myopathic),POLG
(hepatocerebral) and SUCLA2 (encephalomyop

• develops postnatally, usually fatal

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