Cell biology

Cell biology

The study of cell structure, physiological properties, interactions with the environment and life cycle.

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cellulose

Biology; Cell biology

A polysaccharide that is composed of unbranched chains of glucose; the major structural carbohydrate of plants, insoluble in water, and indigestible in the human intestine.

cell body

Biology; Cell biology

In a neuron, the part that contains the nucleus and most of the cytoplasm and the organelles.

The largest, most prominent organelle in eukaryotic cells; a round or oval body that is surrounded by the nuclear envelope and contains the genetic information necessary for control of cell structure ...

cell plate

Biology; Cell biology

In plants, a membrane-bound space produced during cytokinesis by the vesicles of the Golgi apparatus. The cell plate fuses with the plasma membrane, dividing the cell into two compartments.

catastrophism

Biology; Cell biology

Once-popular belief that events in earth history had occurred in the past a sudden events and by processes unlike those operating today. Periods of catastrophic change were followed by long periods ...

catabolic reactions

Biology; Cell biology

Reactions in cells in which existing chemical bonds are broken and molecules are broken down; generally produce energy, involve oxidation, and lead to a decrease in atomic order.

Casparian strip

Biology; Cell biology

In plants, an impermeable waxy layer between the cells of the endodermis that stops water and solutes from entering the xylem, except by passing through the cytoplasm of adjacent cells.