- A
vacuole (/ˈvækjuːoʊl/) is a membrane-bound
organelle which is
present in
plant and
fungal cells and some protist, animal, and
bacterial cells. Vacuoles...
-
previously known as
pulsatile or
pulsating vacuole. The
contractile vacuole is a
specialized type of
vacuole that
regulates the
quantity of
water inside...
- The food
vacuole, or
digestive vacuole, is an
organelle found in
simple eukaryotes such as protists. This
organelle is
essentially a lysosome. During...
- Cytoplasm-to-
vacuole targeting (CVT) is an autophagy-related
pathway which occurs in
fungi and
specifically yeasts. This is a
mechanism occurs under starvation...
- The
parasitophorous vacuole (PV) is a
structure produced by
apicomplexan parasites in the
cells of its host. The PV
allows the
parasite to
develop while...
- a
clear area in the
center of the
structure referred to as a
nucleolar vacuole.
Nucleoli of
various plant species have been
shown to have very high concentrations...
- only in animals, and the term
vacuole is
applied to
those in plants,
fungi and
algae (some
animal cells also have
vacuoles).
Discoveries in
plant cells...
-
toxins that
interfere with host trafficking, so the Legionella-containing
vacuole recruits membrane proteins usually found on the
endoplasmic reticulum or...
- cell to a
lysosome in mammals, or
vacuoles in
yeast and plants, and the two
organelles fuse.
Within the lysosome/
vacuole, the
contents of the autophagosome...
- leucine, methionine, valine, threonine, isoleucine, and arginine.
Inside the
vacuole,
nutrient availability is low; the high
demand of
amino acids is not covered...
