(biology) the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms; they may exist as independent units of life (as in monads) or may…
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Active transport
transport of a substance (as a protein or drug) across a cell membrane against the concentration gradient; requires an expenditure of energy
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a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a type of cell death in which the cell uses specialized cellular machinery to kill itself; a cell suicide mechanism that enables metaz…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the readily stainable substance of a cell nucleus consisting of DNA and RNA and various proteins; during mitotic division it condenses…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a threadlike strand of DNA in the cell nucleus that carries the genes in a linear order; "humans have 22 chromosome pairs plus two sex…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like s…
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.the protoplasm of a cell excluding the nucleus; is full of proteins that control cell metabolism
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.a netlike structure in the cytoplasm of animal cells (especially in those cells that produce secretions)
Used in the same subject area: Biology, Cell biology.an organelle found in the cytoplasm of most cells (especially in leukocytes and liver and kidney cells)
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RNA molecules present in the cell (in at least 20 varieties, each variety capable of combining with a specific amino acid) that attach…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.hypersensitivity reaction to the ingestion or injection of a substance (a protein or drug) resulting from prior contact with a substan…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.a quantitative or qualitative test of a substance (especially an ore or a drug) to determine its components; frequently used to test f…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the faculty or power of mental concentration; "keeping track of all the details requires your complete attention"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.(cosmology) a hypothetical one-dimensional subatomic particle having a concentration of energy and the dynamic properties of a flexibl…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.One of the microscopic particles resembling crystals, consisting of protein matter, which occur in certain plant cells; -- called also…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.A nucleated cell having an envelope or cell wall, as a red blood corpuscle or an epithelial cell; a cell concerned in growth.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.(physics) the process in which there is movement of a substance from an area of high concentration of that substance to an area of low…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the concentration of attention or energy on something; "the focus of activity shifted to molecular biology"; "he had no direction in h…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.cell from which another cell of an organism (usually of a different sort) develops; "a sperm cell develops from a sperm mother cell"
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.the template for protein synthesis; the form of RNA that carries information from DNA in the nucleus to the ribosome sites of protein…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.a small round body of protein in a cell nucleus; such organelles contain RNA and are involved in protein synthesis
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: transport, substance, protein, drug, across.
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