1. Which organelle is a cell organelle composed of RNA and protein? 2. What role does it play in protein synthesis? Which cytoplasmic organelle must be well-developed and abundant in cells? What organelle is a granular body that is the site of protein synthesis? Which organelle ...
The cells of the body typically are composed of a relatively small number oforganellesthat carry out specific functions of the cell, much like our organs do for us. These are called organelles because their relation to the cell is like the organs’ relation to the body.Table 2.1.1lists thes...
What is it called if something is composed of more than one cell? What is the non-living part of a plant cell? What do Schwann cells produce? What cell parts do animals have that plants don't? What kind of cell replicates itself? What do all cells have? What is the organelle of th...
In animal cells, the major microtubule-organizing center (MTOC) is established by thecentrosome, anorganellethat consists of a pair ofcentriolessurrounded by a matrix ofpericentriolar material(PCM:Gould and Borisy, 1977;Wiese and Zheng, 1999). The nucleation of new microtubules from the MTOC is...
In all autotrophic eukaryotes, photosynthesis takes place inside an organelle called achloroplast. For plants, chloroplast-containing cells exist in the mesophyll. Chloroplasts have a double membrane envelope (composed of an outer membrane and an inner membrane). Within the chloroplast are stacked, disc...
The food is provided ad libitum and composed of watermelon, cantaloupe, banana, and honeydew. Protein supplement (Body Fortress Super Advanced Whey Protein Powder, Gluten-Free Vanilla) at approximately 20% of the weight of the fruit (average about 600 g per day). Some of the fruit is ...
Instead, we witnessed the presence of V. cholerae accumulated inside the CV of A. castellanii (Figure 3a). The CV is a highly dynamic organelle involved in osmoregulation (Doberstein et al., 1993), which is readily visible in transmission-light images. It regulates osmotic pres- sure by ...
and only substances with a molecular weight of less than 1.5 kDa are allowed to pass through [29]. Therefore, mitochondria obviously cannot be directly trafficked intercellular through GJCs. A recent study by Alarcon-Martinez revealed that a structure composed of TNTs and one distal-side CX43 ...
There is general agreement amongst biologists about the need for good pathway diagrams and a need to formalize the way biological pathways are depicted. However, implementing and agreeing how best to do this is currently the subject of some debate. The m
Synaptic vesiclesare one of the smallest organelle in the cell with their sizes far below the diffraction limit of the light microscopy. Exocytosis at the synapse is tightly regulated reaction which typically occurs within a millisecond after the arrival of an action potential. It has been assumed...