Biology Chapter 7 - Cell Organelles "Help Wanted Ads"

Endoplasmic Reticulum

DRIVER - needed to transport proteins and lipids throughout cytoplasm. Must be able to work within complicated membrane passages. Some positions involve work with Ribosomes.

Centrioles

MITOSIS FACILITATOR - Help cells divide! Are you made of the right stuff - microtubules? Work in pairs to synthesize spindle fibers and attach chromosomes to them? Must live in animal cells and join the Eukaryotes union.

Nucleus

PRESIDENT - Wanted for leadership role! Can you keep our nucleic acids secure? Can you work closely with enzymes and nucleoli? Be the site of DNA and RNA synthesis today! Experience with eukaryotes a must! Great benefits package including a membrane coat!

Golgi Apparatus

PROCESSING MANAGER - We are missing a processing manager to receive proteins from endoplasmic reticulum and package the, for transport outside the cell membrane. We can't put proteins inside vesicles! Can you?

Ribosome

PROTEIN PRODUCTION - Work on the assembly line for protein production. Make proteins and pass them on Golgi bodies. Work in the cytoplasm or stick with the endoplasmic reticulum! Be an important part of plants, animals AND bacteria today!!

Chloroplast

SOLAR COLLECTION WORKERS - Is green your favorite color? Like working with Plants? Gather light energy! Produce molecules for mitochondria to work on! Must have experience working with Chlorophyll

Vacuole

STORAGE UNIT MANAGER - Is water your business? do you work with eukaryotes? Maintain turgor pressure in plants and store nutrients as well as water. Familiarity with membranes a requirement. Must have waste disposal license.

Cytoskeleton

SUPPORT TECHNICIAN - Strong, flexible support technician desperately needed. Must be able to work with tubes and filaments. Help maintain our proper shape and transport chloroplasts in plants. We need you to keep the cell together!

Plasma Membrane

TRANSPORT FACILITATOR - Do you hate standing still? Can you work with plants, animals, and bacteria? Let water, proteins, lipids, enzymes, glucose and waste flow through you. Without you our other organelles would die!

Lysosome

DEMOLITION ENGINEER - Do you have hazardous materials training? Store powerful enzymes away from other organelles. Then digest our offices when we need new ones!

Mitochondrion

ELECTRICAL ENGINEER - Have you worked with prokaryotes and eukaryotes? Can your synthesize ATP? Must suppy own enzymes and be able to work with plant chloroplasts, be a top producer. No bacteria, please

Cell Membrane

GUARD - Are you permeable? Are you all about homeostasis? Guard needed to regulate transport of water, glucose, and protein across busy boarder. Keep waste out, let nutrients in! Good judgment needed to select the right molecules! Must have both Prokaryote and Eukaryote licenses.

Cell wall

GUARD'S ASSISTANT - Need help to maintain cell shape and turgor pressure. Flexibility a must! Must provide own cellulose. Sorry, no animals allowed. Call Mr. Karyote at our Plant Cell location now!

Nucleolus

RIBOSOME PRODUCERS - Do you like synthesizing ribosomes? Ribosome producers wanted to fill positions inside the nucleus. Must be comfortable working with RNA. Want to be part of the protein-making effort?