prokaryotic cell
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Generalized prokaryotic cell. Image:
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A cell lacking a membrane-bounded nucleus
or membrane-bounded organelles. Prokaryotic
cells are thus more primitive than eukaryotic
cells, which evolved from them. A prokaryotic
organism, such as a bacterium, consists
of single prokaryotic cell.
A general prokaryotic cell can be considered to have three architectural
regions, though not all the components are always present:
In a prokaryotic cell, most of the functions of organelles, such as mitochondria,
chloroplasts, and the Golgi
apparatus, are taken over by the prokaryotic cell membrane.
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