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Vesicular

vesicular

1. Composed of or relating to small, saclike bodies.

2. Pertaining to or made up of vesicles on the skin.

Origin: L. Vesicula = a little bladder


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Functions of Vacuoles

Until about 30-40 years ago, nobody really knew much about how intracellular vesicular traffic really worked. Thus, they designated cellular structures by their shape in the microscope. That is why old books make confusions for such term as that of vacuole. Any ...

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by MrMistery
Wed Oct 29, 2008 4:51 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Functions of Vacuoles
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Views: 5093

Electron Micrograph of vesicles...

It seems like if it was a mast cell mature enough to have all of those vesicular bodies, it would be well past the single central nucleus stage - they have partially fragmented lobular nuclei, I'm pretty sure. I'm also unsure as to what's around it - it doesn't ...

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by Darby
Sun May 27, 2007 4:26 pm
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: Electron Micrograph of vesicles...
Replies: 5
Views: 836

SNARE question, NO this is not my homework...

... recognition/reception. Is/was this first identified as a mechanism by which neural exocytosis was achieved and then the label was applied to other vesicular combination or is this not the correct definition? Cell is not my main area of focus in my studies so this isnt critical its just bugging ...

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by cyberlunge
Wed Apr 04, 2007 1:30 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: SNARE question, NO this is not my homework...
Replies: 1
Views: 380

The Fiber Disease

... micrographs were taken of R. seeberi trophocytes in a human nasal polyp. Multiple mitochondria were visualized, showing that the cristae had tubulovesicular morphology (Figure 5), unlike the flat cristae found in fungi. Figure 5. Transmission electron micrograph of a mitochondrion from Rhinosporidium ...

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by al
Mon Dec 25, 2006 1:39 am
 
Forum: Human Biology
Topic: The Fiber Disease
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GOLGI WIT WOOO

... cisternae progression (the movement of the apparatus itself, building new cisternae at the cis face and destroying them at the trans face) or by vesicular transport (small vesicles transport the proteins from one cisterna to the next, while the cisternae remain unchanged). It is also proposed ...

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by keef
Fri Sep 29, 2006 8:25 am
 
Forum: Cell Biology
Topic: GOLGI WIT WOOO
Replies: 1
Views: 361
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