n
(physiology) The process of generation by development of blastema, or fission of cells, in which the new formation is in all respect like the individual from which it proceeds.
n
(cytology) Any colourless cell (especially a lymphocyte)
adj
Relating to acidocalcisomes
n
An organelle, rich in both calcium and pyrophosphate, that appears to have a function in osmoregulation.
n
(biology) A vesicle, in some protozoans, that is involved in the acidification of phagocytes
n
(medicine) Material derived from the Golgi apparatus from which the acrosome develops during spermatogenesis.
n
A form of acrosome in which the microtubules have an inverted form
n
A structure forming the end of the head of a spermatozoon
adj
Relating to actinomeres
adj
Related to an aggresome
n
A cell that has no nucleus.
n
(biology) A proteinoplast.
n
(biochemistry) The protein content of the embryo, endosperm, or perisperm of cereals, in the form of minute particles.
n
(biology) A proteinoplast.
n
(biology) Cytoplasm that has been modified to form cilia or flagella.
adj
Relating to, or composed of alloplasm
adj
(cytology) Lacking a mitochondrion
adj
(cytology) Lacking a mitochondrion
n
(obsolete, biology) cell division by cleavage of the nucleus without the formation of condensed chromosomes
n
A nucleolus that has both basophilic and oxyphilic components
n
The repair of chromosomes within the nucleolus
n
An autophagic vacuole formed by fusion of an autophagosome and an endosome
n
(cytology) Any amphophilic cell
n
Synonym of amylospheroid
n
The organelle, in anammox bacteria, in which catabolism takes place
n
(cytology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis during which the chromosomes separate; the chromatid moving to opposite poles of the cell.
n
(cytology) A combination of anaphase and telophase
n
A larger than normal variation in the size of the nuclei of cells
n
The presence of cell nuclei of different sizes
adj
(cytology) Lacking a nucleus
adj
(cytology) Which does not have a nucleus.
n
(microbiology) A relict, non-photosynthetic plastid found in most of the Apicomplexa, proposed to have evolved via secondary endosymbiosis and surrounded by four membranes within the outermost part of the endomembrane system
adj
Relating to apicoplasts
adj
(cytology) Lacking plastids
n
(biology) A multinucleate mass of protoplasm that lacks a distinct cell membrane
n
(cytology) A suppressed, or imperfect meiosis
n
(cytology) The fluid in an apoplast
n
(botany) The space outside of a plant's plasma membrane through which water and soluble nutrients are transported across a tissue or organ
adj
(botany) Of or pertaining to an apoplast
adj
(biology) Relating to apoptosomes
n
(obsolete, biology) Any body within a cell
n
(biology) Any plant or alga of the taxon Archaeplastida
n
(biology) Any autotrophic eukaryote of the kingdom Archaeplastida
n
(cytology, dated) The substance from which attraction spheres develop in mitotic cell division, and of which they consist.
n
An exovesicle in the cell membranes of fruitflies
n
An autophagosome that contains lipid
adj
Pertaining to, or composed of autolysosomes
n
(cytology) The result of the fusion of a autophagosome and a lysosome
n
A lysosome involved in autophagy
n
(cytology) The membrane apparatus in a cell responsible for autophagy
n
(biology) A phagosome in which part of a cell's own cytoplasm is digested
adj
Relating to autophagosomes
n
(cytology) A type of programmed cell death accomplished through self-digestion.
adj
Alternative form of axoplasmic [Of or pertaining to axoplasm.]
adj
Relating to, or by means of axoplasm
adj
Of or pertaining to axoplasm.
adj
Relating to an axosome
n
(biology) An organelle, in some insects, containing bacteriocytes
n
(biology) A bacterial endosymbiont
n
(biology) A cellular organelle, similar to a centriole, associated with the formation of cilia and flagella.
n
(biology) A modified cell formed in the host of a parasitic Bdellovibrio bacterium
n
(cytology) Either of the nuclei of a binucleate cell
n
(biology) The process whereby a cell divides asexually to produce two daughter cells.
adj
having two nuclei; binucleate
n
(cytology) The condition of being binuclear
n
A cell that has two nuclei
n
(cytology) The division of a nucleus without division of the cell's cytoplasm.
adj
(biology, of a cell) Having two nuclei
adj
(biology) Having two nucleoli.
n
(biology) A binucleated cell
n
Alternative form of bioplast [(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter]
n
(biology) Any biological membrane, but especially that of a cell
n
(biology) Any living matter, but especially germinal or forming matter; matter possessing reproductive vitality; protoplasm, especially in its relation to living processes and development.
adj
Pertaining to, or consisting of, bioplasm.
n
(biology) a mass or cell of bioplasm that is a unit of living matter; an independently existing mass of living matter
n
The orientation of chromosomes to opposite poles of the bipolar spindle before cell division.
adj
(biology) Connected with, or proceeding from, the blastema; blastemal.
n
(biology) An organelle that supports the ectoplasmic net of a labyrinthulid
n
(cytology) A spherical membraneless nuclear body largely consisting of proteins and RNA, found in the nucleus of proliferative cells like embryonic cells and tumor cells, or metabolically active cells like neurons.
adj
Relating to calciosomes
n
A sarcoplasmic reticulum-like organelle involved in intracellular calcium-handling by non-muscle cells
adj
Relating to capsomeres.
n
(biology) Any prokaryotic structure that stores carbon (and therefore energy) (typically polyhydroxyalkanoate granules)
adj
Relating to carboxysomes.
n
Alternative form of karyosome [(cytology) The chromatin material inside a cell nucleus when the cell is not undergoing mitotic division.]
n
Alternative form of karyokinesis [(biology) The process of change that takes place during the division of a cell nucleus at mitosis or meiosis.]
adj
Relating to caveosomes
n
(cytology) A proposed membrane-bound organelle associated with caveolae
n
(biology) The basic unit of a living organism, consisting of a quantity of protoplasm surrounded by a cell membrane, which is able to synthesize proteins and replicate itself.
n
(cytology) The main body of a cell, containing its nucleus and organelles (as opposed to various projections or elements of external structure such as cell wall, flagella, dendrites, etc.).
n
(cytology) The life cycle of eukaryotic cells from a quiescent beginning, growth, duplication of DNA followed by mitosis and division.
n
(biology) The breakdown of the structure of a cell after completion of a number of cell divisions.
n
a process by which a cell divides into two cells
n
(cytology) The semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell.
n
(cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells; a nucleus.
n
The beginning of the formation of a cell wall that also serves as a means of organization of chromosomes during mitosis in many plant cells.
n
(biology) The liquid enclosed inside the vacuole of a plant cell.
n
(cytology) A thick, fairly rigid, layer formed around individual cells of bacteria, Archaea, fungi, plants, and algae (but not animals and other protists which generally have cell membranes without cell walls). The cell wall is external to the cell membrane and serves a structural function helping the cell maintain its shape and protecting the cell from damage.
n
Rare spelling of cell wall. [(cytology) A thick, fairly rigid, layer formed around individual cells of bacteria, Archaea, fungi, plants, and algae (but not animals and other protists which generally have cell membranes without cell walls). The cell wall is external to the cell membrane and serves a structural function helping the cell maintain its shape and protecting the cell from damage.]
adj
(cytology) Without cells.
adj
Relating to, or composed of cellobioside
adj
Consisting of, or containing, cells.
adj
Relating to a cellulosome
adj
Relating to cellulosomes or to cellulosomics
n
(biology) Generation and development of the centriole
n
(biology) A barrel-shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).
n
(anatomy) Any follicular center cell that has a nuclear cleft
adj
Marked by centronucleation
n
The movement of nuclei to the centre of a muscle fibre
n
The substance of the centrosome
adj
Of or pertaining to a centrosome or centrosomes
n
(cytology) An organelle, near the nucleus in the cytoplasm of most organisms, that controls the organization of its microtubules
n
(biology) The cytoplasm surrounding the centriole of a centrosome.
n
(cytology) Initialism of colony-forming unit. [(cytology) A progenitor cell participating in hematopoiesis that gives rise to a particular lineage or type of blood cells.]
n
A membrane-bound vesicular organelle found in many fungi
n
(biology) A cytoplasmic granule found in the coelomocytes of annelids
n
(cytology) An organelle, found in the cells of green plants and in photosynthetic algae, where photosynthesis takes place, characterized by a high concentration of chlorophyll and two membranes.
adj
Relating to a chloroplast.
n
(botany) A granule of chlorophyll.
adj
(botany) Relating to, or composed of chloroplastids
adj
Alternative form of chloroplastidial [(botany) Relating to, or composed of chloroplastids]
adj
Of or pertaining to a chlorosome.
adj
Relating to choanocytes
adj
Relating to a choanosome.
n
Synonym of mitochondrion
adj
That breaks down the chorion of en egg (typically by hydrolysis)
n
The dissolution of the Nissl bodies in the cell body of a neuron.
n
(cytology) A chromatophilic cell or structure
n
(cytology) The part of cytoplasm that contains pigment
n
(cytology) Any cell that is resistant to staining
n
Alternative form of chromatoplasm [(cytology) The part of cytoplasm that contains pigment]
adj
Relating to chromoplastids
n
(botany) A protoplasmic granule of some other colour than green.
n
(biology) The formation and development of chromoplasts
adj
Relating to, or composed of cilioplasm
n
(biology) Any of the various membranes sections comprising some organelles like the Golgi apparatus and the endoplasmic reticulum.
n
(cytology) A proposed transport mechanism of protein through the Golgi apparatus in which the cisternae move, beginning at the cis face and progressing via the medial face to the trans face.
n
The fragmentation of cells to form pseudopodialike processes
n
(cytology)The process resulting in additions, deletions, or rearrangements of parts of the chromosomes that are detectable by light microscopy.
n
(cytology) A part of the nucleus of a cell that contains proteasomes
n
(biology) The repeated division of a cell into daughter cells after mitosis.
n
(biology) The invagination of the cell membrane, at the equatorial plane of the cell, that characterizes the onset of cytokinesis in animal cells.
adj
Relating to coenocytes or to coenocysts
n
(cytology) A group of cells forming a single body
adj
(cytology) Subject to contractolation
n
(cytology) contraction into a spherical form
n
(biology) The contraction of, or formation of abnormal notchings around, the edges of a cell after exposure to a hypertonic solution, due to the loss of water through osmosis, especially noticeable in red blood cells.
n
The intracytoplasmic digestion of secretory granules by lysosomes.
n
Any of the internal compartments formed by the inner membrane of a mitochondrion, where many chemical reactions take place.
n
The fusion of protoplast to form cybrids
n
(biology) The circulation of protoplasm within a cell.
n
(biology, rare) Synonym of cell (“quantity of protoplasm, containing a nucleus, enclosed within a cell membrane”)
n
(cytology) Synonym of centrosome
n
The fluid portion of the cytoplasm
n
(biology) The nucleus of the cytula or parent cell.
n
(biology) A nonnucleated mass of protoplasm, the supposed simplest form of independent life, differing from the amoeba, in which nuclei are present
n
A yeast cell formed by cytoduction
n
(cytology) An irregular cellular process, similar to a microvillus
n
(biology) cellular fission (typically during interphase)
n
(genetics) A eukaryotic cell whose non-nucleic genome is heterozygous.
n
(biology) The process in which the cytoplasm of a cell divides following the division of the nucleus.
adj
(biology) Relating to a cytolemma
n
(biology) All the cells of a particular organism together with their associated cellular processes
n
(biology) A membrane found in cytoplasm
adj
(biology) Relating to, or composed of cytomembrane
n
(biology) A structure formed when the contents of a single large schizont are separated into multiple daughter cells in the course of schizogony.
n
(biology) The migration of a nucleus from one plant cell to another
n
(cytology) Any of a group of thin projections from a cell that are used for the exchange of signalling proteins
adj
Relating to, or composed of cytoplasm and nucleoplasm
n
(cytology) The contents of a cell except for the nucleus. It includes cytosol, organelles, vesicles, and the cytoskeleton.
adj
Of or relating to cytoplasm
n
(biology) The cell membrane.
n
(biology) actin-mediated movement of cytosol and organelles within large fungal and plant cells.
n
the collective genetic material of a eukaryotic cell that is found in its cytoplasm, i.e. not contained in its nucleus, mitochondria, or plastids
n
(biology) The intact cytoplasm of a cell from which the nucleus has been removed.
adj
Relating to a cytoplast
n
cytoplasmic / eukaryotic ribosome
n
A matrix of intercellular protein, in the forms of microfilaments and microtubules, that provide some rigidity to cells
n
(cytology) The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions.
adj
Of or pertaining to the cytosome.
n
(biology, countable) A type of cellular organelle which is enclosed by a membrane.
n
A layer of cells, typically of oocytes
n
(microbiology) A cellular organelle found only in certain protozoa; it is specialized for phagocytosis, and usually has the form of a microtubule-supported funnel or groove.
n
(biology) The fertilized egg cell or parent cell, whose development produces the child or other organism.
n
A cell produced by reproductive division of a cell during mitosis or meiosis.
n
(cytology) A loosening of the texture of chromatin.
n
(biology) The conversion of a dikaryon into a pair of homokaryons
n
(biology) A halved cytoplast (typically of an oocyte)
n
(biology) A vesicle containing dendrimers
n
A mass of fibrous granules in the centrosphere
n
(biology) The lifeless food matter in the cytoplasm of an ovum or a cell, as distinguished from the active or true protoplasm; yolk substance.
adj
(biology) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.
adj
(biology) Pertaining to, or composed of, deutoplasm.
n
The discharge of an empty pinocytotic vesicle from a cell
n
(cytology) the last stage of prophase, in which the nucleolus and nuclear envelope disappear, spindle fibers form, and the chromosomes shorten in preparation for metaphase.
n
(cytology) the modified protoplasm at the equator of a cell, existing before mitotic division.
n
(biology) A double star; applied to the nucleus of a cell, when, during cell division, the loops of the nuclear network separate into two groups, preparatory to the formation of two daughter nuclei.
n
Alternative form of dictyosome [(cytology) A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells.]
n
(cytology) A plant organelle that is functionally equivalent to the Golgi apparatus in animal cells.
adj
(cytology, of a cell) Having two nuclei
n
(biology) A hypha that has two nuclei.
n
(biology) The dikaryotic phase of the life cycle of some fungi
n
(biology) heterokaryosis by means of a dikaryon
adj
(cytology, of a cell) Containing two nuclei
n
A structure, in some protozoa, consisting of a pair of kinetids
n
(cytology) The eukaryotic nucleus of a dinokaryote
n
A dinoflagellate that has a nucleus (dinokaryon).
n
(biology) A form of mitosis that occurs only in dinophytes
n
(biology) In cell biology, a pair of centrioles arranged perpendicularly, located near the nucleus. It is present in all eukaryotic cells except for higher plants. It plays an important role in mitosis.
n
(microbiology) One of the periodic acid-Schiff reaction-positive nuclear inclusions, containing immunoglobulin, that are either invaginated into or overlying the nucleus.
adj
That which has a missing or damaged kinetoplast
n
(biology) A form of exocytosis in which ectosomes are released from a cell
n
(cytology) The outer granule-free layer of cytoplasm.
adj
Alternative form of ectoplasmic [(parapsychology) Relating to, or having the properties or appearance of, ectoplasm.]
n
(cytology) The ectoplasmic content of a cell.
adj
Relating to efferocytosis
n
(biology) The process by which dead or dying cells are removed by phagocytic cells.
adj
Relating to efferocytosis.
n
(biology) A fluid-filled vesicle containing a dead cell, formed during efferocytosis.
adj
Relating to, or composed of eisosomes
n
(biology) An assembly of protein in a plasma membrane at which endocytosis occurs
n
(biology) An ejectile organelle
n
(biology) A specialized leucoplast responsible for the storage of lipids.
adj
Having, or relating to, elliptocytosis.
n
(cytology) An elliptical echinocyte
n
The presence of an intact cell within the cytoplasm of another
n
The semifluid, nearly transparent, and homogeneous matter forming the cell sap, or nuclear sap, supported by the linin network and constituting with it the cytoplasm or nucleoplasm.
n
(zoology) The coloured endoplasm of a cell.
v
(cytology) Of a cell, to ingest material by folding the plasma membrane inwards around it.
adj
Of or pertaining to endocytosis
adj
Of or pertaining to an endolysosome.
n
(biology) The product of the fusion of an endosome and a lysosome during endocytosis
n
(biology) All the membraneous components inside a eukaryotic cell, including the nuclear envelope, endoplastic reticulum, and Golgi apparatus
adj
Relating to the endomembrane.
n
(biology) A type of cell cycle variation where mitosis is initiated, but some of the processes of mitosis are not completed. This will give rise to either a mononucleated or binucleated polyploid cell. Not to be confused with endoreplication.
n
(biology) A periodic reorganization of the cell nucleus in certain ciliated protozoa
n
The compact mass of nuclear material in the lens of the eye
adj
(cytology) of or relating to endoplasm
n
(cytology) A network of membranes within the cytoplasm of cells, where proteins and lipids are synthesized.
n
The secretome of the endomembrane and endoderm
adj
Of or pertaining to an endosome
n
(biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes
adj
Relating to an endosome
adj
(biology) That move towards the endosomal compartment of a cell and accumulate there
adj
Relating to endovacuoles
n
(biology) A nucleus and the cytoplasm with which it interacts, considered as a unit.
n
(cytology) A particular type of cytoplasmic vesicle
adj
(biology) Pertaining to, or composed of, entoplasm.
n
(biology) A cell which has been enucleated
n
(biology) Any of several specialised organelles in plants and some protists
adj
(biology) Describing the outermost membrane of a plastid
n
(biology, genetics, cytology) The second of the two divisions of meiosis, a type of cell division.
n
(biology) A form of cell death found in the fruit fly gut that is part of homeostasis
adj
Relating to ergastoplasm.
adj
Relating to an erythrophagolysosome
n
(biology) A chloroplast that has never been exposed to light; a prolamellar body
n
(biology) An etioplastic plastid
n
Alternative spelling of eukaryon [A cell containing at least one distinct nucleus - characteristic of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota.]
n
Alternative form of eukaryote [(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.]
n
Alternative spelling of eukaryote [(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.]
adj
Alternative spelling of eukaryotic [(biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.]
adj
Relating to eukaryotes
n
The condition of being a eukaryote
adj
(cytology) Having a bias towards eukaryotes
n
(cytology) Any cell that has a true nucleus.
adj
Relating to eukaryocytes
n
(biology) All the microeukaryotic organisms associated with an animal
n
A cell containing at least one distinct nucleus - characteristic of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota.
adj
Relating to, or exhibiting eukaryophagy
n
Alternative form of eukaryote [(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.]
adj
Alternative form of eukaryotic [(biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.]
n
(cytology) Any of the single-celled or multicellular organisms of the taxonomic domain Eukaryota, whose cells contain at least one distinct nucleus.
n
(biology) A newly excysted cell, that divides twice to form four trophozoites containing two diploid nuclei each
adj
Of or pertaining to exocytosis
n
(cytology) An exocytic membrane
n
(cytology) A dense, granular organelle that mediates the exit of parasites from an infected erythrocyte
n
(biology) exocytic nucleation
n
Alternative form of ectoplasm [(parapsychology) A visible substance believed to emanate from the body of a spiritualistic medium during communication with the dead.]
n
A vacuole in which phagocytized food is digested.
n
(cytology) The process by which two distinct lipid bilayers merge their hydrophobic core, resulting in one interconnected structure.
n
Any substance used to fuse the membranes of cells or protoplasts
adj
(biology) Relating to a fusome
n
(biology) A germ cell-specific organelle assembled from membrane skeletal proteins and membranous vesicles.
n
the first of four phases of the cell cycle that takes place in eukaryotic cell division
n
the second subphase of Interphase in the cell cycle directly preceding mitosis
n
(biology, dated or historical) The cytoplasm of germ cells.
n
Alternative spelling of germ plasm [(biology, dated or historical) The cytoplasm of germ cells.]
n
Alternative form of germ plasm [(biology, dated or historical) The cytoplasm of germ cells.]
n
A dynamic complex that powers gliding motion and host cell invasion by the motile and invasive stages of Apicomplexans (including Toxoplasma and Plasmodium)
adj
Relating to globulomers
n
(biology) A vacuole containing glycogen
adj
Relating to glycosomes.
n
A membrane-enclosed organelle that contains the glycolytic enzymes
n
(cytology) Golgi apparatus
n
(cytology) A network of membranes in the cytoplasm of those animal cells that produce secretions.
n
(cytology) The granular material within the ectoplasm and surrounding the nucleus of a unicellular organism
n
(biology) A cytode without a proper cell wall, but with a nucleus.
n
(biology) A cytode without either a cell wall or a nucleus.
n
(biology) A cell or mass of protoplasm devoid of an envelope, such as a white blood corpuscle.
n
(biology) A stretched plasma membrane extending from the plasmolysed protoplast to the cell wall in plants.
n
(biology) A structure (half of a desmosome) on the basal surface of some cells
n
(biology) An intermediate stage in the fission of cells
n
(biology) Either of a pair of structures formed from division of a centriole during mitosis that move apart to form a spindle
n
Alternative form of heterocyte [A specialized nitrogen-fixing cell formed by some filamentous cyanobacteria.]
n
(biology) A form of double fertilization, typically in maize, that results in phenotypically different endosperm and embryo
n
(biology) A cell having two or more genetically different nuclei
n
(biology) The condition of being a heterokaryon.
n
(biology) Any structure consisting of a lysosome fused with another intracellular vesicle
n
(biology) Any structure consisting of a phagolysosome fused with another intracellular vesicle
n
A phagosome that contains exogenous material
adj
(cytology) That is stained by more than one class of stain.
n
A spheroidal cluster of two types of cell
n
(biology) A cell nucleus formed by the fusion of two different nuclei (such as in an egg and a sperm cell)
adj
Relating to, or composed of holocellulose
n
(cytology) A cell that has multiple, identical nuclei in common cytoplasm.
n
Conversion to homokaryotic form
n
(biology) One of the plastids composing the "idorgan" of Ernst Haeckel.
n
(microbiology) A structureless fluid in cells; cytosol
adj
Relating to, or composed of hyaloplasm
n
(cytology) A glassy intranuclear structure that resembles a nucleolus
n
(biology) An organelle that releases hyaluronic acid
n
(cytology) A membrane-bound organelle found in ciliates, trichomonads and fungi which produces molecular hydrogen and ATP
n
Alternative form of hydroplasma [The liquid part of protoplasm]
n
The liquid part of protoplasm
n
(biology, archaic) The fluid portion of the cell protoplasm, in opposition to stereoplasm, the solid or insoluble portion.
n
Alternative form of idioplasma [(biology, archaic) A portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma.]
n
(biology, archaic) A portion of the cell protoplasm which is the seat of all active changes, and which carries on the function of hereditary transmission; distinguished from the other portion, which is termed nutritive plasma.
adj
Of or pertaining to idioplasma.
adj
Relating to the idiosoma.
n
(cytology) A nuclear or cytoplasmic aggregate of stainable substances.
n
(cytology) Acronym of inner nuclear membrane.
n
The second stage of interphase
adj
Alternative form of intracytoplasmic [Located in the cytoplasm of a cell]
adj
Relating to an invadosome
n
Any of several actin-rich adhesion structures including the podosomes and invadopodia
n
(biology) Any of the epidermal chloroplasts of certain plants that contain tiny regular structures that focus light
n
(biology) A cytoplasmic organelle of iridophore cells
adj
(cytology) Near the nucleus (of a cell)
n
(cytology, dated) A type of neuron that has a nucleus that stains intensely
n
(cytology) the disintegration of a cell's nucleus
n
(cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus
n
The fission of the nuclei of cells
n
The formation and development of karyocytes
n
(biology) The process of change that takes place during the division of a cell nucleus at mitosis or meiosis.
n
(cytology) A nuclear membrane.
n
(biology, medicine) The study of the nuclei of cells, especially with regard to the chromosomes which they contain.
n
The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
adj
Relating to, or showing karyomegaly
n
(cytology) The condition of having an enlarged cell nucleus.
n
A saclike vesicle containing a small portion of the nuclear material after atypical mitosis
n
(cytology, rare, obsolete) The reticular network of fine fibers, of which the nucleus of a cell is in part composed.
n
mitosis of the nucleus of a cell
n
The development of a cell nucleus.
n
(cytology) The nucleus of a cell
n
Alternative form of caryonide [A paramecium whose macronucleus derive from a single primordium]
adj
(biology) Having an affinity to the nucleus of a cell
adj
Relating to, or composed of karyoplasm
n
(cytology) A cellular nucleus together with a plasma membrane containing a small amount of cytoplasm
n
(biology) Synonym of pyknosis
n
The destructive fragmentation of the nucleus of a dying cell whereby its chromatin is distributed irregularly throughout the cytoplasm.
adj
(cytology) Of, or related to karyosomes.
n
(cytology) The chromatin material inside a cell nucleus when the cell is not undergoing mitotic division.
n
(obsolete) Synonym of nuclear membrane
n
(biology) Any structure, in a eukaryotic cell, that is used for locomotion
n
Alternative form of kinoplasm [an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.]
adj
Relating to a kinetoplast
adj
Relating to a kinetosome
n
A cellular organelle that acts as the center of motor activity of the kinoplasm.
n
an active protoplasm used to make filaments and mobile structures.
adj
of or related to kinoplasm
adj
Relating to kleptoplasty
n
(biology) A plastid that is subject to kleptoplastidy
n
(cytology) Acronym of lysosome-associated membrane proteins.
adj
(biology) Having (a particular type of) cells on the side
n
(biology, archaic) A cell with a distinct envelope.
n
The stage during meiosis Prophase 1 where the chromosomes condense after S-phase and interphase, resulting in the recombination of haploid chromosome pairs with sister chromatids held by a single non-dividing centromeres, and followed by the zygotene stage.
n
(biology) The first part of the prophase of meiosis, characterized by threadlike chromosomes
n
(biology) An organelle found in certain plant cells, a non-pigmented category of plastid with various biosynthetic functions.
n
(biology) A kind of unpigmented plastid involved in a wide range of essential biosynthetic functions.
n
Alternative form of leucoplastid [(biology) A kind of unpigmented plastid involved in a wide range of essential biosynthetic functions.]
n
A vacuole, in the Golgi apparatus, in which lipids are stored
n
(cytology) A paramural body associated with the membranes of plant and fungal cells
n
An organelle that expresses tubulin
n
A vesicle formed by the fusion of a lysosome and a phagosome
n
(cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.
adj
Of or pertaining to lysosomes.
n
An autophagosome associated with macroautophagy
n
(biology) A form of autophagy in which a membrane (the phagophore) forms around the material to be digested before it fuses with the lysosome
n
(biology) A relatively large chloroplast
adj
Of or pertaining to macrocytes.
n
Synonym of macrogametocyte
adj
Relating to macromelanosomes
n
(biology) The larger of the two nuclei present in ciliate protozoans; it controls the nonreproductive functions of the cell.
n
(biology) The macroautophagy of peroxisomes
adj
relating to macropinocytosis
adj
Relating to, or causing macropinocytosis
adj
Relating to, or composed of macropinosomes
n
(cytology) A large vesicle filled with extracellular fluid and formed through macropinocytosis
n
(cytology) Any relatively large organelle in a cell
adj
Relating to macrovacuoles
adj
Relating to macrovesicles
n
(biology) A membranous prokaryotic organelle, containing mineral crystals, present in magnetotactic bacteria
adj
(cytology) Having relatively large cells
n
A specialised tubular organelle, in molluscs, assembled in hexagonal bundles within an external membrane
adj
(biology) Relating to a matrisome
n
(biology) Part of the mitochondrion.
n
(biology) A stromule in mitochondria
n
Synonym of macrogametocyte
adj
Pertaining to, or produced by a megaloblast
n
(biology) A very large phagosome, typically formed by the action of a virus
n
A dark-coloured lysosome.
adj
relating to, or containing melanosomes
n
(biology) The disruption of a biological membrane
n
(biology) A colony of plastids.
n
(biology) The nucleus of a cell; mesoblast.
n
A folded invagination in the plasma membrane of bacteria, produced by the chemical fixation techniques used to prepare samples for electron microscopy, but previously thought to be part of the normal structure of the cell.
n
The process of converting procyclic promastigotes into highly infective metacyclic promastigotes
n
(biology) The stage of mitosis and meiosis, that follows prophase and comes before anaphase, during which condensed chromosomes become aligned before being separated.
n
(biology) A small particle (often nutrient) within a cell.
adj
(linguistics, biology) Relating to metaplasm.
n
(biology) A proposed protocell that could use sunlight to synthesize ATP and then polynucleotides.
n
(cytology) A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes.
n
(biology) A simple cell consisting of a nucleus and protoplasm within a membrane
n
(human biology) A type of human chimera produced when fetal stem cells or maternal cells cross the placenta (fetal-maternal microchimerism) or following blood transfusion (transfusion-associated microchimerism) or organ transplantation.
n
(biology) Any microscopic eukaryote
n
(cytology) A small folded structure in the side of some cella
n
(biology) A specialized secretory organelle of some protozoans
adj
(genetics, medicine) Describing a cell that has been damaged by a genotoxin, in which a micronucleus forms during mitosis.
n
(biology) The smaller of the nuclei of a ciliate protozoan (that contains genetic material)
adj
Relating to micropinocytosis.
n
A vesicle formed as an artifact of cell disruption
n
(medicine) An abnormally small spherocyte.
n
(biochemistry) A very small form of a vitellogenin
n
(biology) A transient microtubular granule formed during telophase
n
(biology) The region in the middle of a cell where division takes place
n
The part of a spermatozoon between the head and the tail; it consists of mitochondria, centrioles, and an axoneme.
n
(biology) The middle part of prophase
n
An organelle involved in migracytosis
n
(biology) An achromosomal cell resulting from aberrant cell division, containing RNA and protein but little or no chromosomal DNA.
n
A mitochondrial aggresome
n
(biology) The material within the space, enclosed by the mitochondrial inner membrane. It is composed of enzymes, DNA filaments, granules, protein crystals, glycogen, and lipid.
adj
Alternative form of mitochondrial [(cytology) Of, or relating to mitochondria.]
n
(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.
n
(biology) The denser part of the protoplasm of a cell.
adj
Relating to the mitochondrial nucleus
adj
Relating to mitophagosomes
n
A phagosome associated with mitochondria
n
(biology) The removal of damaged mitochondria from a cell prior to cell death
n
A mitochondrion that has been stripped of its outer membrane, leaving the inner membrane intact.
adj
Relating to mitoribosomes.
n
A mitochondrial ribosome.
n
(cytology) The division of a cell nucleus in which the genome is copied and separated into two identical halves. It is normally followed by cell division.
n
(cytology) An organelle found within certain unicellular eukaryotes which lack mitochondria.
n
A structure of the eukaryotic cytoskeleton involved in mitosis and meiosis.
n
(cytology) A mitochondrial organelle associated with oxidative metabolism
adj
(cytology) Having a single nucleus in each cell
n
A cell that has a single nucleus
adj
Having a single nucleus; mononucleate, mononuclear.
n
(biology) The formation of a single cell nucleus
n
(cytology) A cell (especially an erythrocyte) that contains a single nucleus
adj
Relating to a monosome
adj
(cytology) Relating to the shape of a cell nucleus
adj
of or related to morphoplasm.
n
(microbiology) An atypical plasma cell that has spherical inclusions filled with immunoglobulin (small Russell bodies) packed in its cytoplasm.
n
(biology) Abbreviation of mitochondrion or mitochondria. [(cytology) A spherical or ovoid organelle found in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and containing genetic material separate from that of the host; it is responsible for the conversion of food to usable energy in the form of ATP.]
n
The process of becoming multiciliate
adj
Having multiple kinetoplasts
adj
Having multiple nuclei; multinucleate
adj
(cytology) With multiple nucleoli.
adj
Having multiple nucleoli.
adj
Alternative form of multinucleolate [Having multiple nucleoli.]
n
Synonym of polynucleosis
n
(cytology) A surface container for outer membrane vesicles
n
(cytology) Initialism of nuclear body. [(cytology) A membraneless structure found in the cell nuclei of eukaryotic cells.]
n
(genetics) nuclear DNA (the DNA found within the nucleus of eukaryotic cells)
n
(biology) A mass or shred of chromatin-staining material outside of the nucleus in the cytoplasm.
n
(cytology) A supramolecular organelle involved in necroptosis
n
An organelle involved in necrosis and apoptosis
adj
Relating to nectosomes
n
(cytology) A form of cell division, in cancer cells, in which genetic material from the malignant cell separates by budding from its nucleus prior to cytokinesis and the production of daughter cells
n
(biology) A death process for neutrophil cells, whereby the neutrophils expel their chromatin to form a neutrophil extracellular trap (“NET”), a net-like structure to capture invader chemicals and bodies, and cause clotting to block off a region of the body.
n
The protoplasm of a nerve cell.
adj
relating to nigrosomes
n
A large granular body found in neurons, believed to be primarily concerned with the synthesis of proteins for intercellular use.
n
(ethology) A small nucleus or core group of people or animals.
adj
Of or pertaining to the nucellus
n
(cytology) A membraneless structure found in the cell nuclei of eukaryotic cells.
n
(biology) nuclear membrane
n
(biology) A framework of fibers extending throughout the nucleus of a cell.
n
(cytology) A double lipid bilayer that surrounds the genetic material in eukaryotic cells
n
(biology) The formation of cell nuclei.
adj
(biology) Having the form of a kernel
adj
Relating to the nucleus and centrosomes of a cell
n
(cytology) The nucleus and cytoplasm of a cell considered as a whole
adj
(biology) Relating to the relationship between the nucleus and the cytoplasm of a cell
adj
Relating to the cytosol and the nucleus
adj
(biology) That moves away from a nucleus (of a cell etc)
n
(microbiology) The irregularly-shaped region within a prokaryote cell where the genetic material is localized
n
The saltatory forward movement of the nucleus within a cell
adj
Having a nucleole, or second inner nucleus.
n
Alternative form of nucleolus [(cytology) A conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell.]
adj
Relating to a nucleolus
n
(cytology) A conspicuous, rounded body within the nucleus of a cell.
n
The destruction of a nucleus
n
enlargement of a nucleus
n
(biology) A small vestigial eukaryotic nucleus found between the inner and outer pairs of membranes in certain plastids.
n
(biology) A form of autophagy in which parts, or all of the cell nucleus is removed
adj
Relating to, or composed of nucleoplasm
adj
Of or pertaining to nucleoplasm.
n
(biology) A nuclear pleomorphism
n
(biology) A nuclear pore.
adj
(cytology) Relating to nuclear ribosomes
n
(cytology) The framework of the cell nucleus, supporting DNA replication, transcription, chromatin remodeling, signaling, and mRNA synthesis, processing and transport.
n
(biology) The colloidal suspension of materials within a cell's nucleus
n
(cytology) A large membrane-enclosed organelle found in eukaryotic cells which contains genetic material.
adj
Having few / several nuclei
n
A cup-shaped protrusion from the endoplasmic reticulum that serves as a platform for autophagosome biogenesis in mammalian cells.
n
(cytology) Acronym of outer nuclear membrane.
n
The cytoplasm of an egg or ovum
n
(cytology) A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles).
adj
(cytology) Having oval cells
n
(biology) The pachytene stage of meiosis.
adj
(cytology) Relating to all the cytoplasmic components of a cell
adj
Relating to all of a stroma
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to the parablast.
adj
(biology) Situated between cells (but independent of them)
n
(biology) The fluid portion of the protoplasm of a cell.
adj
(cytology) Near and outside of the nucleus.
adj
Having or relating to a paranucleus.
adj
Relating to the paranucleolus.
n
(cytology) A small condensed mass of the inactivated X-chromosome usually located just inside the nuclear membrane of the interphase nucleus
n
(cytology) An accessory nucleus; a smaller body in the cell resembling the nucleus.
n
(biology, obsolete) The outer part of the protoplasm, as opposed to the more granular and fibrillary inner part.
n
(biology) A mixture of paraffin and a plastic resin that is used for tissue embedding
n
A parasitophorous vacuole
n
A vacuole produced by apicomplexan parasites in the cells of its host
n
(biology) A pore or sac in parasites of the genus Paramoeba
n
(cytology) An irregularly shaped compartment of the cell, found in the nucleus's interchromatin space
n
A peripheral ribosome-free region of a planctomycete cell
adj
Relating to paryphoplasm
adj
Relating to, or characteristic of pectocellulose
adj
Alternative form of pericentriolar [(anatomy) Surrounding a centriole]
adj
(biology) Surrounding the chromatin of a cell nucleus
adj
(anatomy) Relating to a perikaryon
adj
Relating to the perikaryon.
adj
(cytology) Of or pertaining to the area within the nucleus and near the nucleolus
n
(cytology) The region between the plasma membrane and the outer membrane or cell wall.
adj
Relating to, or found within the periplasm
adj
Alternative form of periplastidial [Surrounding a plastid]
adj
Relating to a periplastid
adj
(biology) That removes the periplast from cells
adj
Relating to the perisome.
adj
Of or pertaining to a perisome
adj
Of or pertaining to the peroxisome
n
(biology) An intracellular vesicle involved in the degradation of peroxisome by macropexophagy
n
(biology) The selective autophagy of peroxisomes
n
(cytology) A phaeochrome cell
adj
Of or pertaining to a phagolysosome
n
(biology) A membrane-bound organelle which is formed from the fusing of a lysosome and a phagosome
n
(biology) A double membrane that encloses and isolates the cytoplasmic components during macroautophagy.
adj
Of or pertaining to a phagosome.
n
A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by phagocytosis.
n
(cytology) A bioluminescent cell
n
(biology) A structure that forms in plant cells during late cytokinesis and serves as a scaffold for cell plate assembly and subsequent formation of a new cell wall separating the two daughter cells.
n
(cytology) A sheet of cytoplasm forming in highly vacuolated plant cells in preparation for mitosis.
n
(biology) An array of microtubules involved in the formation of cell walls.
adj
Relating to phytoplasmas
adj
Of or pertaining to phytoplasma.
adj
Relating to, or composed of phytosomes
n
(biology) Any eukaryotic organism that ranges in size from 0.2 to 2.0 µm.
adj
Of or pertaining to pinocytosis
adj
Relating to pinocytosis
n
(cytology) A vesicle filled with extracellular fluid, formed by pinching the cell membrane inward through pinocytosis
adj
Related to piroplasmata
n
(biology, archaic) Protoplasm.
n
(cytology) The semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell.
adj
Of or pertaining to plasmacytes.
adj
That forms plasma when heated or subjected to a strong electromagnetic field.
adj
Resembling or characteristic of plasma.
adj
Of or pertaining to the plasmalogens.
n
Alternative form of plasma membrane [(cytology) The semipermeable membrane that surrounds the cytoplasm of a cell.]
n
A commercial plasma protein fraction
adj
Of or pertaining to (blood) plasma.
adj
Of or pertaining to plasma.
adj
(biology) Relating to plasmids.
adj
(biology) Relating to a plasmidome
n
(biology) A cell formed by plasmiduction
adj
Relating to plasmocytes
n
Alternative form of plasmodesma [(biology) A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them.]
n
(biology) A microscopic channel traversing the cell walls of plant cells and some algal cells, enabling transport and communication between them.
adj
Relating to plasmodesmata
adj
(biology) plasmodesmal
adj
(biology) Resembling or relating to a plasmodium.
n
(biochemistry) The important living portion of protoplasm, considered a chemical substance of the highest elaboration.
adj
That forms a plasma when in bulk.
n
The science of the creation, manipulation, and utilization of plasma.
n
(biology) the shrinking of protoplasm away from the cell wall of a plant or bacterium due to water loss
n
Something which has been or is plasmolysed, as in the term for temporary or permanent water loss in the vacuole of a plant cell.
n
(archaic) A hypothetical unit of protoplasm; the smallest possible particle of protoplasm, further division of which would destroy its structure and necessitate chemical change.
adj
Alternative form of plastidial [Of or pertaining to a plastid]
adj
Of or pertaining to a plastid
adj
(biology) Pertaining to, or composed of plastids
n
The entirety of the plastids of a cell.
n
(biology) One of the small particles or organic molecules of protoplasm.
adj
Related to, or composed of a plastid
n
(biology) A substance associated with nuclein in cell nuclei, and by some considered as the fundamental substance of the nucleus.
n
Alternative form of plastoglobule [(biology) A globular mass of lipoprotein within a chloroplast.]
n
The part of the genome of a photosynthetic plant found in its plastid
adj
Relating to the plastome.
n
A filament the surrounds a plastosome (organelle).
n
(biology) A prokaryotic ribosome
n
(obsolete) Any of various organelles found within a cell, especially a mitochondrion.
adj
Synonym of multinucleated
adj
Relating to polarisomes
adj
Relating to polycellulosomes
adj
(biology) Relating to a polyfusome
n
(cytology) A cell that has many nuclei
adj
Relating to polykaryocytes
n
(cytology) A multinuclear cell
adj
(biology) That has polynuclear cells
n
(biology) The occurrence of multiple cases of mitosis following meiosis
adj
(of leucocytes) Having a nucleus with lobes of diverse shapes
adj
(chemistry) polymorphonuclear
adj
(cytology) polymorphonuclear
adj
Alternative form of polynuclear [(biology) having multiple nuclei]
adj
(biology) having multiple nuclei
adj
(biology) Having multiple nucleoli (in a nucleus)
adj
(biology) Relating to polyplastids
adj
Pertaining to, or composed of polyribosome
adj
Of or pertaining to a polysome.
n
(biology) Any of many cup-shaped structures in the cell membranes of eukaryotic cells where vesicles dock in the process of vesicle fusion and secretion.
adj
Relating to preautophagosomes
adj
Relating to a prenucleolus
n
A structure of proteins that develops into a ribosome
adj
Relating to prespliceosomes
n
(biology) An endosome that develops into a vacuole
n
A structure that develops into an acrosome
n
Alternative spelling of prokaryote [An organism whose cell (or cells) are characterized by the absence of a nucleus or any other membrane-bound organelles.]
adj
Relating to a procentriole
n
(biology) The early developmental stage of a centriole or basal body.
adj
Of cells, lacking a nucleus.
n
(biology) The stage between prophase and metaphase in mitosis
n
A primitive mitochondrion that lacks some inner membranes
adj
Relating to, or composed of proniosomes
n
The first stage of meiosis.
adj
Of or pertaining to proplasm
n
(cytology) A small, colourless cell that develops into any form of plastid
adj
Relating to a prosome.
n
A membranous vesicle secreted by the prostate gland into the semen
n
Alternative form of prostasome [A membranous vesicle secreted by the prostate gland into the semen]
n
(biology) A cellular appendage that is an extension of the cellular membrane and contains cytosol
n
(biology) A specialized leucoplast containing protein in crystalline form for use in enzyme activity.
n
(biology) A proteinoplast.
n
(biology) A self-organized, endogenously ordered, spherical collection of phospholipids proposed as a stepping-stone to the origin of life
adj
(biology) Relating to a protocell
n
A prokaryote that evolved into a eukaryote
n
A filament of polymerized tubulin in a cell, which becomes part of a microtubule
adj
Relating to a protomitochondrion
n
(biology) The ancestral bacterial endosymbiont from which all mitochondria are thought to be derived
n
(biology) Alternative form of prophase [The first stage of mitosis, during which chromatin condenses to form the chromosomes.]
adj
(cytology) Of or relating to protoplasm.
adj
(cytology) Of or relating to protoplasm.
adj
(cytology) Of or relating to protoplasm.
n
(biology) The contents of a plant cell.
adj
of or relating to protoplast
n
(biology) An immature plastid that is incapable of photosynthesis
n
A structure in a cell membrane that develops into an ion channel pore
n
(cytology) A structure that develops into a cell
n
(cytology) A vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm that develops into a vacuole.
n
(biology) The formation of a furrow in the first cell cycle of some embryos
n
A structure, in gram-negative bacteria, that expels exoproteins from the cell
n
A cytoplasmic organelle that makes and stores pteridine pigments
n
Alternative form of pyknosis [(biology) Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.]
n
(biology) Shrinkage and condensing, such as that of a dying cell or the appearance of a cell's nucleus.
adj
(cytology) showing pyknosis
adj
Readily stained by pyronine.
n
A cell that has four nuclei.
adj
Alternative form of quadrinucleate [(biology) Having four nuclei.]
n
Any of an array of particles, on the inner surface of a chloroplast, in which photosynthesis takes place
n
(cytology) The reformation of cilia in a damaged ciliate cell.
adj
Relating to, or composed of relaxosomes
v
To reinsert a nucleus into a cell
n
The insertion of a nucleus into a cell from which the original nucleus was removed
adj
Relating to a reservosome
n
(biology) An endocytic compartment in the epimastigote forms of some trypanosomes
n
(cytology) The nearly latent membrane potential of inactive cells.
n
(cytology) A network. The endoplasmic reticulum forms a network of cellular components that functions as a transportation system within the cell.
adj
Relating to a rhombomere.
n
The part of an anammox bacterium that holds the chromosome, ribosomes and anammoxosome; it is surrounded by the paryphoplasm that is analogous to the periplasm that surrounds the cytoplasm in Gram-negative bacteria
n
(biology, cytology) A small organelle found in all cells; involved in the production of proteins by translating messenger RNA.
adj
Of or pertaining to ribosomes.
n
(cytology) The cytoplasm facing region of the endoplasmic reticulum, occupied by ribosomes that are involved in the formation of membrane and secretory proteins.
n
(archaic, biology) Synonym of protoplasm
adj
(biology) Of or pertaining to sarcode.
adj
(biology) Of or relating to sarcode.
adj
Relating to sarcoplasm and endoplasm
adj
Relating to both the sarcoplasmic and the endoplasmic reticulum
adj
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the sarcoplasm
n
(anatomy) The equivalent of endoplasmic reticulum in striated muscle cells
adj
Relating to sarcosomes.
n
(embryology) A molecular oscillator, governed by periodic shifts in gene expression, which influences the timing of vertebrate somitogenesis.
n
(cell biology) Ceasing to divide by mitosis because of shortening of telomeres or excessive DNA damage.
n
A microscopic body containing aggregates of hemosiderin particles bound in a single membrane.
n
(cytology) The region of the endoplasmic reticulum that is not occupied by ribosomes and is involved in the formation of distinct lipids.
n
(cytology) Any normal cell of an organism that is not involved in reproduction; a cell that is not on the germline.
n
The protoplasm of somatic cells.
n
(biology, genetics) A mutation (and associated gene) affecting the trunk mesoderm in some fish embryos.
adj
Relating to spectrosomes
n
(biology) A spherical cytoskeletal organelle found in the germ cells of fruit flies
n
(cytology) The cytoplasm of spermatozoa
n
Alternative form of spheroplast [(cytology) A cell from which the cell wall has been removed]
n
(cytology) Any cell that contains a spherosome
n
The cytoplasm of a spheroplast
adj
Relating to spheroplasm
n
(cytology) A cell from which the cell wall has been removed
adj
(cytology) Relating to spheroplasts
n
(cytology) A hemocyte that contains spherules
adj
(cytology, of a cell) Having the form of a spindle
n
(biology) A cytoskeletal structure formed during mitosis
n
A poison that disrupts cell division by affecting the protein threads that connect the centromere regions of chromosomes, known as spindles.
n
(biology) An interruption to mitosis
n
(cytology) The clone or copy of a cell or set of cells that is most basic, involving the fewest mutations or complexity.
n
An organelle that is stephanokont.
n
(biology) The solid or insoluble portion of the cell protoplasm.
adj
Relating to, or composed of sterols
adj
Relating to a striosome
n
(biology) A microscopic stroma-filled tubule found in plant cells such as chloroplasts
n
(cytology) All the structural elements of a cell
adj
Relating to part of a centriole
adj
(biology) Describing any subunit of a mitochondrion
adj
Relating to, or containing subribosomes
n
(biology) The vacuole structure containing a symbiont.
n
(biology) The cytoplasm of a symplast
n
(biology) The inner side of the plasma membrane of a plant in which water can freely diffuse.
adj
Relating to a symplast
n
(biology) A mass of cytoplasm that has many nuclei and an enclosing membrane but no individual cells
n
An exosome produced by syncytia
n
(biology) A mass of cytoplasm containing many nuclei; a multinucleate cell resulting from cell fusions of mononuclear cells (for example, the cells that make up animal skeletal muscle).
n
(biology) Dense clumping of chromosomes on one side of the nucleus, sometimes occurring prior to cell division.
n
(biology) A cell nucleus formed by the fusion of two preexisting nuclei (such as in an egg and a sperm cell)
n
the part of the cell cycle in which DNA is replicated, occurring between G1 phase and G2 phase.
n
An organelle in the tapetum of some ripening plants
adj
Involved in the transportation or correct positioning of a protein inside or outside a specific region of the cell.
n
(biology) The final stage of mitosis or meiosis during which the daughter chromosomes move towards opposite ends of the nuclear spindle
n
A coculture of four cell types
adj
(cytology) Having four nuclei
n
(biology) a folded membrane within plant chloroplasts from which grana are made, used in photosynthesis
adj
Relating to thylakoids
n
(cytology) Translocon on Inner cellular Membrane
n
(cytology) Translocon on Outer Chloroplast membrane
n
(cytology) Acronym of Translocon on Outer Membrane.
n
(cytology) The cytoplasmic membrane surrounding a vacuole, separating the vacuolar contents from the cell's cytoplasm
adj
Relating to transendocytosis
adj
of or pertaining to a transmembrane protein or segment
n
(biology) a vesicle that transports molecules or nutrients within a cell
adj
(cytology, of a cell) Having three nuclei
adj
Modified to have three nuclei
adj
(biology, of a stem cell) That can give rise to three different types of cell
adj
Having three (rather than the normal two) pronuclei
n
(biology) A membrane-bound vacuole within a cell containing foreign material captured by trogocytosis
n
an undifferentiated protoplasm that used to be nutritive in use
adj
of or related to trophoplasm
n
(cytology, dated) Any of various organelles found in plant and algae cells, such as a chloroplast, chromoplast, leucoplast, or gerontoplast; a plastid.
adj
Having a single nucleus
adj
(biology) Having a single nucleus.
adj
Having a single nucleoid
adj
Relating to ureaplasmas
n
Primordial soup; the protoplasm from which all life originated, according to a theory of the German biologist Ernst Haeckel.
n
(cytology) A large membrane-bound vesicle in a cell's cytoplasm.
n
(cytology) A membrane-bound compartment found in a cell.
n
Alternative form of viroplasm [An inclusion body, in a cell, in which viral replication/assembly occurs]
n
An inclusion body, in a cell, in which viral replication/assembly occurs
n
A kind of diaphragm cell.
n
(cytology) cytoplasm from a foreign cell
n
Particles of debris sometimes incorporated into the shells of some testate amoebae.
n
(cytology) The formation of blebs.
n
A cellular organelle in which zinc is stored
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