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Cell Biology
Differences between Prokaryotic Cell and Eukaryotic Cell
By BS MediaTwitter Profile | Updated: Monday, 17 December 2018 23:49 UTC
| Serial No. | Feature | Prokaryotic Cell | Eukaryotic Cell |
| 1. | Nuclear envelope | absent | present |
| 2. | DNA | single, circular and naked | more than one and combined with proteins |
| 3. | Chromosome | single | multiple |
| 4. | Nucleolus | absent | present |
| 5. | Division | amrtosis | mitosis or meiosis |
| 6. | Ribosomes | 70S(50S+30S scattered in cytoplasm | 80S(60S+40S) Found attached to ER or free in cytoplasm. |
| 7. | Endo membranes | absent | present |
| 8. | Mitochondria | absent | present |
| 9. | Chloroplasts | absent | present in plant cells, absent in animal cell |
| 10. | Lysosomes | absent | present |
| 11. | Peroxisomes | absent | present |
| 12. | Cytoskeleton | absent | present |
| 13. | Cell wall | non-cellulose | cellulose only in plants cells |
| 14. | Respiratory enzymes | located in plasma membrane | enclosed in mitochondria. |
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