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How to pronounce organelle in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms cell organ, cell organelle
Type of organ
Has types cell nucleus, centriole, chondriosome, cilium, karyon, lysosome, mitochondrion, nucleole, nucleolus, nucleus, ribosome


the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus.

Examples of organelle

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Although they do not functionally test the organelle, they propose ways to do so.
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The organelle is composed of compartments that carry out specialized functions.
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Without oxygen, autolytic enzymes remain stuck inside their organelle prisons.
From the sciencedaily.com
An organelle needed at the growing tip floats around until it finds a microtubule.
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The cell nucleus is the most conspicuous organelle found in a eukaryotic cell.
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The nucleus is an organelle that houses the DNA that makes up a cell's genome.
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Organelle-specific, rapid induction of molecular activities and membrane tethering.
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In the last decade, the evolutionary history of this strange organelle has unfolded.
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This new function for a familiar organelle has taken biologists by surprise.
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  • A specialized part of a cell; analogous to an organ; "the first organelle to be identified was the nucleus"
  • In cell biology, an organelle is a specialized subunit within a cell that has a specific function, and is usually separately enclosed within its own lipid bilayer.
  • Bacterial microcompartments are widespread bacterial organelles that are made of a protein shell that surrounds and encloses various enzymes. These compartments are typically about 100-200 nanometres across and made of interlocking proteins. ...
  • A specialized structure found inside cells that carries out a specific life process (e.g. ribosomes, vacuoles)
  • (organelles) subcellular, membrane -bound structures, found within eukaryotic cells which perform discrete functions necessary for the life of the cell.
  • (organelles) Cell components that carry out individual functions; e.g., the cell nucleus and the endoplasmic reticulum. Subcellular structures (usually membrane-bound and unique to eukaryotes) that perform some function, e.g. chloroplast, mitochondrion, nucleus. PICTURE 1 | PICTURE 2
  • (Organelles) (which also have membranes) in 'higher' eukaryote organisms:
  • (Organelles) Any one of various particles of living substance bound within most cells, such as the mitochondria, the golgi system endoplastic reticulum, the lysosomes and the centrioles.
  • (Organelles) Small structures within a cell that maintain the cells and do the cells' work.