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Weed

...es nongrass and nontree species . weir Filtration apparatus in flame- cell protonephridia of flatworms. Full article >>> A weed called mouse -eared cress has been designed to produce a biodegradable plastic called polyhydroxubutrate (PHB). Possibilities for the Future ... Full article >...

Vesicle

... head of a sperm that is derived from the golgi apparatus ; the vesicle containing enzymes that digest ...ff by constriction of a membrane, as in the Golgi apparatus . vesicular disease Any disease of the urinary bladder , such as vesicular schistosomiasis. Full a...

Tubulin

...c chromosomes during division . The microtubule apparatus that controls chromosome movement during mitosis and meiosis . A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... Full article >>> A hollow rod of tubulin protein in the cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells and in cilia,...

Transport vesicle

...ns from the endoplasmic reticulum to the Golgi apparatus , and from there to the outer cell membrane , whe...s from the ER fuse with the cis face of the Golgi apparatus (to the cisterna e) and empty their protein content into the Golgi lumen . Full article >&...

Telophase

... reappears. The chromosomes uncoil. The spindle apparatus breaks down. The cell divides into two. Full article >>> telophase [Gk. telos, end + phasis, form] The fourth and final stage of mitosis , during which daughter nuclei form at the two poles of a cell . Telophase usually occurs ...

Spliceosome

...ponent of the spliceosome , the intron -removing apparatus in eukaryotic nuclei . A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ... Full article >>>...

Spermatogenesis

...e proteins ; during spermatogenesis , the golgi apparatus causes the formation of an acrosomal vesicle in the sperm head. Full article >>> Two genes positioned near one another on a chromosome may encode proteins that figure in the same cellular process or in completely unrelated pro...

Sperm cells

...It is a cap-like structure derived from the Golgi apparatus . In Eutherian mammals , acrosome formation is completed during testicular maturation. Full article >>> ~ 10-100 µm ( sperm cells , apart from the tail, are smaller) Type of nucleus nucleoid region; no real nucleus ... Full art...

Signal Sequence

...uence s that promote inter action with the export apparatus in the membrane. Segregrate See segregration below. Full article >>>...

Sequencer

Sequencer : An apparatus used for deciphering the order of bases in a stra nd of DNA . Sequencing : Determining of the order of bases in a DNA or RNA molecule . Full article >>> DNA Sequence rs Research on capillary -based DNA sequencing con...

Sequence

...equence : See Base sequence . Sequence r : An apparatus used for deciphering the order of bases in a s...g and transcription of the basal transcription apparatus including RNA Polymerase ); ... Full article >>> Life Cycle: The sequence of event...

Rough ER

...ically rough ER , are trans ported to the Golgi apparatus , where they are modified, sorted and shipped towards their final destination. Full article >>> endoplasmic reticulum Cytoplasm ic organelle composed of a system of interconnected membranous tubules and vesicle s; ER; rough ER ...

RNA

.... Sequence : See Base sequence . Sequencer : An apparatus used for deciphering the order of bases in a stra nd of DNA . Full article >>> RNA processing Modification of RNA before it leaves the nucleus , a process unique to eukaryotes . RNA splicing ... Full article >&#...

Processing

...ervices ... Full article >>> Golgi apparatus : an organelle within eukaryotic cells comprised of a series of flattened sacs; the site of protein and lipid processing and packaging; also called Golgi bodies. Full article >>> effector cell A muscle cell or gland ...

Plasma membrane

...d structures in the egg , derived from the Golgi apparatus , and found just beneath the plasma membrane . Full article >>> kytos - a hollow vessel, now often taken to mean a cell ; Gr. plasma - anything formed or moulded]. A jelly-like material bounded by the plasma membrane of the cell...

Plasma

...d structures in the egg , derived from the Golgi apparatus , and found just beneath the plasma membrane . Full article >>> kytos - a hollow vessel, now often taken to mean a cell ; Gr. plasma - anything formed or moulded]. Full article >>> Edema accumulation of unreturned ...

Package

...e proteins ; during spermatogenesis , the golgi apparatus causes the formation of an acrosomal vesicle in... are then package d into vesicle s by the golgi apparatus and move to the plasma membrane where they fuse with the plasma membrane , emptying their conten...

Organelle

... head of a sperm that is derived from the golgi apparatus ; the vesicle containing enzymes that digest ...f an egg . Full article >>> Golgi apparatus - membrane-bounded organelle in eucaryotic cells where the proteins and lipids made in the ...

Nuclear membrane

... reappears. The chromosomes uncoil. The spindle apparatus breaks down. The cell divides into two. Full article >>> Bacteria lack a nuclear membrane and membrane-bound organelles . Biochemical processes that normally occur in a choloroplast or mitochondrion of eukaryotes will take...

Nephron

... Nephron of the kidney without juxtaglomerular apparatus A nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney . Full article >>> Nephron of the kidney A nephron is the basic structural and functional unit of the kidney . It is a tiny tubule consisting of a cluster of...

Mitotic spindle

... Full article >>> mitotic spindle apparatus - microtubule-based structure present during mitosis to which chromosomes attach and are separated toward opposite poles of the dividing cell . morphogenesis - creation of form or structure during development. Full article >>> T...

Microtubules

...ort between the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus in mammalian cells Krysten J. Palmer, Peter Watson and David J. Stephens1 ... Full article >>> Microtubules in a gel fixated cell . Main article: microtubules They are hollow cylinders of about 25 nm, formed by 13 protofilame...

Lysosome

...ngle membrane. They are manufactured by the Golgi apparatus (pathway 2 in the figure). Full article >...#62; As well as protein modification , Golgi apparatus is involved in the trans port of lipids around the cell as well creating lysosome s -- org...

Lysosomes

...ngle membrane. They are manufactured by the Golgi apparatus (pathway 2 in the figure). Full article >...#62; As well as protein modification , Golgi apparatus is involved in the trans port of lipids around the cell as well creating lysosomes -- organ...

Lumen

...s from the ER fuse with the cis face of the Golgi apparatus (to the cisterna e) and empty their protein content into the Golgi lumen . Full article >>> The rough ER functions in protein synthesis, especially proteins that are to be secreted to outside the cell (example: hormones )...

Lipids

...omolecules. Full article >>> Golgi apparatus - membrane-bounded organelle in eucaryotic cells where the proteins and lipids made in the endoplasmic reticulum are modified and stored. hydrogen bond - bonds formed by polarized molecule s (+ -), i.e. water. Full article >>&#...

Kinetochore

... attaches a eukaryotic chromosome to the spindle apparatus for separation during mitosis ; adjacent to the centromere . Full article >>> A kinetochore ; the constricted region of a nuclear chromosome , to which the spindle fibres attach during division . A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q ...

Integration

...ne dis integration the synthesis of the spindle apparatus The active kinase -cyclin complex also activates enzymes that destroy the M-cyclin. Full article >>> The process of site -specific DNA recombination is involved in viral integration , excision and chromosomal segregation . F...

Hydrolytic enzyme

...t are supposed to be trans ported from the Golgi apparatus to the lysosomes . Full article >>> Lysosomes are relatively large vesicle s formed by the Golgi. They contain hydrolytic enzyme s that could destroy the cell . Lysosome contents function in the extracellular breakdown of mate...

Hormones

... hormone . Full article >>> Golgi apparatus -- Eukaryotic organelle which package cell products, such as enzymes and hormones , and coordinate their trans port to the outside of the cell . Full article >>> steroids - hydrophobic molecule related to cholesterol. Man...

Hormone

... gland ... Full article >>> Golgi apparatus -- Eukaryotic organelle which package cell products, such as enzymes and hormone s , and coordinate their trans port to the outside of the cell . Full article >>> Its function is seed protection and dispersal . Fruits a...

Golgi apparatus

Golgi apparatus - a net-like structure in the cytoplasm of ani...ary ... Full article >>> The Golgi apparatus is considered more or less the "post office" of the cell . It handles all incoming lipids , prot...

Glycosylation

...n proteins , generally occuring within the Golgi apparatus during secretion of a protein . Full article >>> APP is a sialo glycoprotein with two potential N-linked glycosylation sites, one of which may contain a complex oligosaccharide chain. Full article >>> The major pro...

Expression

...g and transcription of the basal transcription apparatus including RNA Polymerase ); ... Full article >>> Divergence in structure and function of cells as they become specialized during a multicellular organ ism's development; depends on the control of gene expression ( cell differ...

Express

...g and transcription of the basal transcription apparatus including RNA Polymerase ); ... Full article >>> An allele that is not express ed in the heterozygous condition. Also the phenotype of the homozygote of a recessive allele . Full article >>> Multiple copies ...

Enzymes

... head of a sperm that is derived from the golgi apparatus ; the vesicle containing enzymes that digest proteins and complex sugars in the outer coverings of an egg . Full article >>> lysosome -- Eukaryotic organelle which carries digestive enzymes . The lyzosome fuses with a vacuo...

Enhancer

...g and transcription of the basal transcription apparatus including RNA Polymerase ); ... Full article >>> Enhancer : An enhancer is a cis- actin g nucleotide sequence to which transcription factor (s) bind, and which increases the transcription of a gene . Full article >>...

Endoplasmic reticulum

...embranes of the cell ( plasma membrane , Golgi apparatus , lysosomes ); lipids (including lipids for ...e of nucleus , endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi apparatus : (1) Nucleus , (2) Nuclear pore, (3) Rough endoplasmic reticulum (RER), (4) Smooth endoplasmic ...

Egg

... when fertilized, it will form the zygote . egg apparatus Egg cell and adjacent synergid s in the embr...cle >>> Ovipositor: The egg -laying apparatus of a female insect. Palp (palpus): Sensory organ attached to insect mouth parts that is used to t...

DNA sequence

...g and transcription of the basal transcription apparatus including RNA Polymerase ); ... Full article >>> Terminator A DNA sequence that results in termination of transcription . See Transcription terminator . Terminus The region of DNA sequence s where DNA replication terminate...

Digestion

...#62; As well as protein modification , Golgi apparatus is involved in the trans port of lipids around the cell as well creating lysosomes -- organelles involved in digestion . Full article >>> Our mouth s alone are host to four hundred identified - and probably hundreds more ...

Cytoplasm

... antigen . Full article >>> Golgi apparatus - a net-like structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions) Synonyms: Golgi body, Golgi complex, dictyosome By Wordnet Dictionary ... Full article >>> Mitochondria l ribosomes ...

Crossing over

...nuclear membrane is disassembled, and the spindle apparatus forms. Full article >>> An X-shaped crossing formed by the crossing over of homologous chromosomes during meiosis when genetic material is exchanged. Full article >>> But having invented SRY the key driver of t...

Cisterna

...en by cisterna e progression (the movement of the apparatus itself, building new cisterna e at the cis face and destroying them at the trans face ) or by vesicular trans port (small vesicle s ... Full article >>> Golgi Complexes are flattened stacks of membrane-bound sacs. They function as ...

Centrosome

...and organ izes the poles of the mitotic spindle apparatus during mitosis . Full article >>> centrosome Material present in the cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells and important during cell division ; also called microtubule- organ izing center. cephalo chordate ... Full article >&...

Centromere

...and organ izes the poles of the mitotic spindle apparatus during mitosis . Full article >>> centromere (sen-tro-mere) [Gk. kentron, center + meros, a part] The centralized region joining two sister chromatids . Full article >>> centromere Constricted region of a mitotic ...

Centriole

...me it is associated with the poles of the spindle apparatus during karyokinesis . centromere - see kinetochore . Full article >>> Centriole s and Centrosome The structure of centriole s is similar to that of basal bodies in that they have 9 triplets of microtubules . Centriole s ...

Cell biology

...le >>> In cell biology , the Golgi apparatus , Golgi body, Golgi complex, or dictyosome is an organelle found in nearly all eukaryotic cells . The name comes from Italian anatomist Camillo Golgi, who identified it in 1898. Full article >>> Lab 3 Cell Biology Lab 5 Sexual ...

Cell

... >>> In cell biology , the Golgi apparatus , Golgi body, Golgi complex, or dictyosome is an organelle found in nearly all eukaryotic cell s . The name comes from Italian anatomist Camillo Golgi, who identified it in 1898. Full article >>> : A cell containing more than one...

Blastula

... 400 Mitosis in Plant s Plant s form a spindle apparatus as animals do but plant s lack centrioles . Full article >>> Bipolar cells of human retina Birds Birth control Birth, human Biston betularia Bivalent Bivalvia Blastema Blastocyst The blastula formed by placental mam...

Bacilli

...sts, and myco plasma to finish the development of apparatus with optimal pulse shape. Complete an ET theoretical model. *Development of Intracellular Flow- Karyotype Ana lysis ... Full article >>> Most are rod-shaped, sphere-shaped, or helix-shaped; these are respectively referred to as baci...

Asters

...vania. Mr. Full article >>> mitotic apparatus Collectively, the asters , spindle, centrioles ,... that radiate from the centrosome s. The spindle apparatus can be seen on the drawing of a cell in metaphase below. Full article >>> The var...

Amino acids

...n proteins , generally occuring within the Golgi apparatus during secretion of a protein . Full article >>> N- or C-terminal The amino acids which form polypeptide s are joined by peptide bond s between the amino group of one amino acid and the carboxy group of the next. Full article ...

Acrosome

...It is a cap-like structure derived from the Golgi apparatus . In Eutherian mammals , acrosome formation is completed during testicular maturation. Full article >>> acrosome (ak-ruh-some) An organelle at the tip of a sperm cell that helps the sperm penetrate the egg . Full article...
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