Tag: ribosomes

The genetic material

Post author By Konstantina Louka
Post date September 19, 2020

DNA or Deoxyribonucleic acid is the genetic material of all the cells and most viruses, with the exception of some viruses that use another type of nucleic acid, called RNA or Ribonucleic acid. As we will see in the following posts, DNA presents some characteristics that make it the ideal molecule to carry out the […]

Cell Biology

Prokaryotic Cells vs Eukaryotic Cells

Post author By Konstantina Louka
Post date August 6, 2020

We learned previously that the cell is the fundamental structural and functional unit of all the organisms that exist on Earth. Not all of the cells are the same, though. They can be categorized into two groups based on their characteristics, as we will analyze further. These two groups are prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells. […]