Search results for "Biological cell" - New World Encyclopedia
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- animals, including insects. Ricin causes cell death by inactivating ribosomes ... 1,500 ribosomes per minute, killing the cell (Cornell 2001), ricin has ...25 KB (3,716 words) - 18:51, 11 August 2022
- *Platelets (thrombocytes) are cell fragments that play an important ... excessive blood loss, excessive blood cell destruction (hemolysis), or ...16 KB (2,426 words) - 18:13, 31 October 2023
- animals, plants, or fungi. In systems of biological classification, they usually ... provides most of the force propelling the cell, and often imparts to it a ...14 KB (1,913 words) - 09:15, 15 January 2023
- released energy by storing it in ATP, the cell's primary energy distribution ... in apoptosis, a controlled form of cell death used to kill cells in ...15 KB (2,104 words) - 21:33, 11 June 2020
- and so forth. However, beyond the biological manifestations of organisms ... consensus on a definition is lacking, biological properties common to the ...36 KB (5,345 words) - 01:14, 18 November 2022
- side, they can serve as agents for biological control of pests, and the ... fruit flies. It does not include the biological model organism of the genus ...25 KB (3,676 words) - 09:54, 3 December 2023
- Putting together his studies of the biological functions of the brain ... perception. That is, it connected the biological function of the brain as ...24 KB (3,670 words) - 17:22, 30 January 2024
- they can reproduce only by entering a host cell and commandeering its reproductive ... other factors, viruses do not possess a cell membrane or metabolize on ...32 KB (4,856 words) - 19:56, 27 March 2020
- a catalyst and a component of certain dry cell batteries. Potassium permanganate ... and +7. Mn2+ often competes with Mg2+ in biological systems. Compounds in which ...14 KB (1,946 words) - 11:03, 9 March 2023
- work on applications, particularly with biological specimens. ... Researchers use them to examine biological materials (such as microorganisms ...20 KB (2,873 words) - 15:58, 13 February 2024
- of electrolytes inside and outside their cell structures. In humans, this ... also result from the dissolution of some biological polymers (such as DNA and ...13 KB (1,858 words) - 08:06, 29 December 2021
- roles in energy metabolism in the living cell and DNA repair. The designation ... the use of these coenzymes in intricate biological processes like the citric ...11 KB (1,605 words) - 09:41, 11 March 2023
- Biological psychology, of biopsychology, is the application of the ... The current scope of biological psychology includes the following ...23 KB (3,212 words) - 17:55, 31 October 2023
- DMSO is also used as a cryoprotectant, added to cell media in order ... used to preserve organs, tissues, and cell suspensions. Without it, up ...12 KB (1,770 words) - 16:50, 22 July 2020
- == Biological effects == Curium bio-accumulates in bone tissue where its radiation destroys bone marrow and thus stops the production of red blood ...10 KB (1,354 words) - 06:46, 12 January 2024
- They are also able to pass through cell membranes in organisms, and ... == Silicon nanoparticle cell == Generally, solar cells on the market ...18 KB (2,579 words) - 01:19, 11 November 2022
- cells. These range in size from a sperm cell, which is the smallest, to ... * Nerve tissue. Nerve tissue is composed of two cell types: neurons ...25 KB (3,706 words) - 21:55, 23 December 2020
- Bacillariophyta), characterized by unique cell walls of silica (hydrated ... Diatom cells are contained within a unique silicate (silicic acid ...26 KB (3,706 words) - 11:59, 29 January 2024
- is used for the specialized secondary biological tissue that is produced ... cambium is a part of a woody stem where cell division occurs. It contains ...16 KB (2,451 words) - 20:36, 23 May 2020
- In the vertebrate body, the liver is the largest gland (i.e., a cell ... the liver is the main site of red blood cell production. The fetal liver ...15 KB (2,224 words) - 20:54, 3 November 2022
