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Secretory

secretory

(Science: physiology) Secreting; performing, or connected with, the office secretion; secernent; as, secretory vessels, nerves.

A secretory vessel; a secernent.

Origin: Cf. F. Secretoire. See Secrete.


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IMMUNOLOGY HELP!PLEASE!

... degradation 5) Select the ONE answer that is CORRECT. IgA in seromucus secretions: Is dimeric Cannot bind to neutrophils Has no J-chain Has no secretory piece Activates the classical complement pathway Could you let me know which ones you think are correct and also if you could provide information ...

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by pinkypig
Thu Feb 05, 2009 5:12 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: IMMUNOLOGY HELP!PLEASE!
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Lysosomes, Vesicles, and the Golgi

... I'm talking about the golgi apparatus itself and from which parts of the apparatus do lysosomes form, and also where transport vesicles fuse and secretory vesicles come off.

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by Conscars
Sat Oct 11, 2008 2:36 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Lysosomes, Vesicles, and the Golgi
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Views: 1040

interpreting a TEM

White circles = high transmission, so my guess is they are vacuoles or vesicles inside a more electron-dense cell. Mutations in the secretory pathway can cause accumulation of these vesicles (see page three of this pdf ).

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by snowcapk
Fri May 09, 2008 4:47 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: interpreting a TEM
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Views: 1056

Re: What is the primary energy source for cells?

I found this on a website, and they worded it as follows: Mitochondria: Mitochondria provide the energy a cell needs to move, divide, produce secretory products, contract - in short, they are the power centers of the cell. They are about the size of bacteria but may have different shapes depending ...

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by MichaelXY
Thu Mar 20, 2008 6:30 pm
 
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What is the primary energy source for cells?
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Views: 2354

Evolution on the molecular level

... away 40 of the 50 proteins the flagellum is made of and you are still left with a working and obviously homologous structure, named the type III secretory apparatus. http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/100/6/3027 Intelligent Design is not science, it is creationism mascarading as science. The ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Mar 05, 2008 6:41 pm
 
Forum: Evolution
Topic: Evolution on the molecular level
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