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    The nucleus is a large organelle surrounded by a double membrane called the nuclear envelope. It contains DNA organized into chromosomes and controls the cell's metabolic activities and growth. The nucleolus is found inside the nucleus and produces and assembles ribosomes for protein synthesis.

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    The nucleus is a large organelle surrounded by a double membrane called the nuclear envelope. It contains DNA organized into chromosomes and controls the cell's metabolic activities and growth. The nucleolus is found inside the nucleus and produces and assembles ribosomes for protein synthesis.

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    The nucleus is a large organelle surrounded by a double membrane called the nuclear envelope. It contains DNA organized into chromosomes and controls the cell's metabolic activities and growth. The nucleolus is found inside the nucleus and produces and assembles ribosomes for protein synthesis.

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    The nucleus is a large organelle surrounded by a double membrane called the nuclear envelope. It contains DNA organized into chromosomes and controls the cell's metabolic activities and growth. The nucleolus is found inside the nucleus and produces and assembles ribosomes for protein synthesis.

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    THE NUCLEUS AND NUCLEOLUS

    The Nucleus
    Structure:
    The nucleus is a large organelle
    surrounded by a double membrane
    called the nuclear envelope.
    The nuclear envelope has pores which
    are channels that allow mRNA and
    ribosomes to travel in and out of the
    nucleus for DNA transcription.
    Chromatin (the stringy stuff in the
    picture) is found inside the nucleus; it is a complex of DNA and proteins that forms
    chromosomes inside the nucleus.
    The nucleus also contains a structure called the nucleolus (see below).

    Where is it found:
    The nucleus is in all eukaryotic cells (animal and plant cells).
    Unicellular prokaryotic organisms (like bacteria) do not have a nucleus.

    Function:
    The nucleus contains nearly all the cell’s genome- coded
    genetic information as DNA, which is organized as
    chromosomes- which controls the synthesis of protein
    molecules needed by the cell. Therefore, the nucleus is
    responsible for managing the metabolic activities of the cell, as
    it contains the genetic codes to synthesise enzymes for
    metabolism, and it also controls the cell’s growth and division.
    Apart from protein synthesis, the nucleus also controls DNA
    replication, transcription, RNA processing:
    DNA replication is the process by which the genome’s DNA is
    replicated in cells before a cell divides via mitosis, so that
    the resulting daughter cells are genetically
    identical and have their own complete genome.
    Transcription is the process where the information in a
    strand of DNA is copied into a new molecule of
    mRNA, which acts as a template for protein synthesis, to exchange genetic codes between
    the nucleus and the rest of the cell.
    RNA processing refers to any modifications made to the RNA between its transcription and
    its final function in the cell.

    Nucleolus (plural: nucleoli)


    Structure:
    The nucleolus is a spherical structure found inside the nucleus.
    Function:
    It produces and assembles ribosomes.
    Ribosomes are the sites of protein
    synthesis.
    The nucleolus is also the site of rRNA
    transcription, meaning that it contains
    the genes that encode rRNA.

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