Nucleus

Discovery

• In 1710 Anton Van Leeuwenhoek
• discovered the nucleus when looking
• at bacteria under a microscope that 
• he made.
• Complex microscope**

Main Function

• The nucleus regulates gene expression
• and maintain the integrity of the genes
• in the cell.
• Gene expression: process by which the info
• Within a genebecomes a usful product.**

Lesser known functions

• It helps to exchange DNA and RNA to other parts 
• of the cell.The nucleus is also responsible for cell
• division, growth, and differentiation.
• It also controls the heredity characteristics of an organsim.
• Differentiation: development from 1-many, simple to complex**

Disease

• Alzheimer's is connected to a defective nucleoli in the nucleus.
• Alzheimers is a form of dementia thatAffects thinking, behavior
• and memory over time.**Nucleoli is a small rounded body within a
• Resting nucleus that contains RNA And proteins and is involved
• in the production of ribosomes. **defective when doesnt produce protiens