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What are the characteristics of prokaryotic cells?



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Characteristics of prokaryotic cells are as follows:

  1. The prokaryotic cell is essentially a single – envelope system.
  2. Prokaryotes lack membrane bound cell organelles.
  3. Prokaryotes have 70S ribosomes.
  4. DNA is naked and lies coiled in cytoplasm. It is not covered by nuclear membrane and is termed as nucleoid.
  5. Nuclear components, like, nuclear envelope, nucleolus, nucleoplasm are absent.
  6. Cell wall is present in bacteria and cyanobacteria, but absent in mycoplasma.
  7. Multiplies by asexual reproduction.
  8. Transcription and translation takes place in cytoplasm.

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