Cell biology, the Glossary
Cell biology (also cellular biology or cytology) is a branch of biology that studies the structure, function, and behavior of cells.[1]
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Abiogenesis
Abiogenesis is the natural process by which life arises from non-living matter, such as simple organic compounds.
See Cell biology and Abiogenesis
Algae
Algae (alga) are any of a large and diverse group of photosynthetic, eukaryotic organisms.
American Society for Cell Biology
The American Society for Cell Biology (ASCB) is a professional society that was founded in 1960.
See Cell biology and American Society for Cell Biology
Anatomy
Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts.
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Antonie Philips van Leeuwenhoek (24 October 1632 – 26 August 1723) was a Dutch microbiologist and microscopist in the Golden Age of Dutch science and technology.
See Cell biology and Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Apoptosis
Apoptosis (from falling off) is a form of programmed cell death that occurs in multicellular organisms and in some eukaryotic, single-celled microorganisms such as yeast.
See Cell biology and Apoptosis
Archaea
Archaea (archaeon) is a domain of single-celled organisms.
Autocrine signaling
Autocrine signaling is a form of cell signaling in which a cell secretes a hormone or chemical messenger (called the autocrine agent) that binds to autocrine receptors on that same cell, leading to changes in the cell.
See Cell biology and Autocrine signaling
Autophagy
Autophagy (or autophagocytosis; from the Ancient Greek αὐτόφαγος,, meaning "self-devouring" and κύτος,, meaning "hollow") is the natural, conserved degradation of the cell that removes unnecessary or dysfunctional components through a lysosome-dependent regulated mechanism.
See Cell biology and Autophagy
Bacteria
Bacteria (bacterium) are ubiquitous, mostly free-living organisms often consisting of one biological cell.
Bacterial cellular morphologies
Bacterial cellular morphologies are the shapes that are characteristic of various types of bacteria and often key to their identification.
See Cell biology and Bacterial cellular morphologies
Biochemistry
Biochemistry or biological chemistry is the study of chemical processes within and relating to living organisms. Cell biology and Biochemistry are molecular biology.
See Cell biology and Biochemistry
Biology
Biology is the scientific study of life.
Biomedical sciences
Biomedical sciences are a set of sciences applying portions of natural science or formal science, or both, to develop knowledge, interventions, or technology that are of use in healthcare or public health.
See Cell biology and Biomedical sciences
Cancer
Cancer is a group of diseases involving abnormal cell growth with the potential to invade or spread to other parts of the body.
Cell (biology)
The cell is the basic structural and functional unit of all forms of life.
See Cell biology and Cell (biology)
Cell biophysics
Cell biophysics (or cellular biophysics) is a sub-field of biophysics that focuses on physical principles underlying cell function.
See Cell biology and Cell biophysics
Cell culture
Cell culture or tissue culture is the process by which cells are grown under controlled conditions, generally outside of their natural environment.
See Cell biology and Cell culture
Cell cycle
The cell cycle, or cell-division cycle, is the sequential series of events that take place in a cell that causes it to divide into two daughter cells.
See Cell biology and Cell cycle
Cell cycle checkpoint
Cell cycle checkpoints are control mechanisms in the eukaryotic cell cycle which ensure its proper progression.
See Cell biology and Cell cycle checkpoint
Cell death
Cell death is the event of a biological cell ceasing to carry out its functions.
See Cell biology and Cell death
Cell disruption
Cell disruption is a method or process for releasing biological molecules from inside a cell.
See Cell biology and Cell disruption
Cell division
Cell division is the process by which a parent cell divides into two daughter cells.
See Cell biology and Cell division
Cell fractionation
In cell biology, cell fractionation is the process used to separate cellular components while preserving individual functions of each component.
See Cell biology and Cell fractionation
Cell membrane
The cell membrane (also known as the plasma membrane or cytoplasmic membrane, and historically referred to as the plasmalemma) is a biological membrane that separates and protects the interior of a cell from the outside environment (the extracellular space).
See Cell biology and Cell membrane
Cell nucleus
The cell nucleus (nuclei) is a membrane-bound organelle found in eukaryotic cells.
See Cell biology and Cell nucleus
Cell physiology
Cell physiology is the biological study of the activities that take place in a cell to keep it alive.
See Cell biology and Cell physiology
Cell signaling
In biology, cell signaling (cell signalling in British English) is the process by which a cell interacts with itself, other cells, and the environment.
See Cell biology and Cell signaling
Cell theory
In biology, cell theory is a scientific theory first formulated in the mid-nineteenth century, that living organisms are made up of cells, that they are the basic structural/organizational unit of all organisms, and that all cells come from pre-existing cells.
See Cell biology and Cell theory
Cellular adaptation
In cell biology and pathophysiology, cellular adaptation refers to changes made by a cell in response to adverse or varying environmental changes.
See Cell biology and Cellular adaptation
Cellular differentiation
Cellular differentiation is the process in which a stem cell changes from one type to a differentiated one.
See Cell biology and Cellular differentiation
Cellular microbiology
Cellular microbiology is a discipline that bridges microbiology and cell biology.
See Cell biology and Cellular microbiology
Cellular respiration
Cellular respiration is the process by which biological fuels are oxidized in the presence of an inorganic electron acceptor, such as oxygen, to drive the bulk production of adenosine triphosphate (ATP), which contains energy.
See Cell biology and Cellular respiration
Centrifugation
Centrifugation is a mechanical process which involves the use of the centrifugal force to separate particles from a solution according to their size, shape, density, medium viscosity and rotor speed.
See Cell biology and Centrifugation
Centriole
In cell biology a centriole is a cylindrical organelle composed mainly of a protein called tubulin.
See Cell biology and Centriole
Cervical cancer
Cervical cancer is a cancer arising from the cervix or in the any layer of the wall of the cervix.
See Cell biology and Cervical cancer
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), also known as cervical dysplasia, is the abnormal growth of cells on the surface of the cervix that could potentially lead to cervical cancer.
See Cell biology and Cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
Chaperone-mediated autophagy (CMA) refers to the chaperone-dependent selection of soluble cytosolic proteins that are then targeted to lysosomes and directly translocated across the lysosome membrane for degradation.
See Cell biology and Chaperone-mediated autophagy
Christian de Duve
Christian René Marie Joseph, Viscount de Duve (2 October 1917 – 4 May 2013) was a Nobel Prize-winning Belgian cytologist and biochemist.
See Cell biology and Christian de Duve
Chromatin
Chromatin is a complex of DNA and protein found in eukaryotic cells.
See Cell biology and Chromatin
Chromosome
A chromosome is a package of DNA with part or all of the genetic material of an organism.
See Cell biology and Chromosome
Cilium
The cilium (cilia;; in anatomy, cilium is an eyelash) is a membrane-bound organelle found on most types of eukaryotic cell.
Citric acid cycle
The citric acid cycle—also known as the Krebs cycle, Szent–Györgyi–Krebs cycle or the TCA cycle (tricarboxylic acid cycle)—is a series of biochemical reactions to release the energy stored in nutrients through the oxidation of acetyl-CoA derived from carbohydrates, fats, and proteins.
See Cell biology and Citric acid cycle
Confocal microscopy
Confocal microscopy, most frequently confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM) or laser scanning confocal microscopy (LSCM), is an optical imaging technique for increasing optical resolution and contrast of a micrograph by means of using a spatial pinhole to block out-of-focus light in image formation.
See Cell biology and Confocal microscopy
Cork (material)
Cork is an impermeable buoyant material.
See Cell biology and Cork (material)
Cyclin-dependent kinase
Cyclin-dependent kinases (CDKs) are a predominant group of serine/threonine protein kinases involved in the regulation of the cell cycle and its progression, ensuring the integrity and functionality of cellular machinery.
See Cell biology and Cyclin-dependent kinase
Cytochemistry
Cytochemistry is the branch of cell biology dealing with the detection of cell constituents by means of biochemical analysis and visualization techniques.
See Cell biology and Cytochemistry
Cytometry
Cytometry is the measurement of number and characteristics of cells.
See Cell biology and Cytometry
Cytopathology
Cytopathology (from Greek κύτος, kytos, "a hollow"; πάθος, pathos, "fate, harm"; and -λογία, -logia) is a branch of pathology that studies and diagnoses diseases on the cellular level.
See Cell biology and Cytopathology
Cytoskeleton
The cytoskeleton is a complex, dynamic network of interlinking protein filaments present in the cytoplasm of all cells, including those of bacteria and archaea.
See Cell biology and Cytoskeleton
Diffusion
Diffusion is the net movement of anything (for example, atoms, ions, molecules, energy) generally from a region of higher concentration to a region of lower concentration.
See Cell biology and Diffusion
DNA
Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is a polymer composed of two polynucleotide chains that coil around each other to form a double helix.
DNA damage (naturally occurring)
DNA damage is an alteration in the chemical structure of DNA, such as a break in a strand of DNA, a nucleobase missing from the backbone of DNA, or a chemically changed base such as 8-OHdG.
See Cell biology and DNA damage (naturally occurring)
DNA repair
DNA repair is a collection of processes by which a cell identifies and corrects damage to the DNA molecules that encode its genome.
See Cell biology and DNA repair
DNA replication
In molecular biology, DNA replication is the biological process of producing two identical replicas of DNA from one original DNA molecule. Cell biology and DNA replication are molecular biology.
See Cell biology and DNA replication
Edmund Beecher Wilson
Edmund Beecher Wilson (October 19, 1856 – March 3, 1939) was a pioneering American zoologist and geneticist.
See Cell biology and Edmund Beecher Wilson
Electron transport chain
An electron transport chain (ETC) is a series of protein complexes and other molecules which transfer electrons from electron donors to electron acceptors via redox reactions (both reduction and oxidation occurring simultaneously) and couples this electron transfer with the transfer of protons (H+ ions) across a membrane.
See Cell biology and Electron transport chain
Endocrine system
The endocrine system is a messenger system in an organism comprising feedback loops of hormones that are released by internal glands directly into the circulatory system and that target and regulate distant organs.
See Cell biology and Endocrine system
Endoplasmic reticulum
The endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is a part of a transportation system of the eukaryotic cell, and has many other important functions such as protein folding.
See Cell biology and Endoplasmic reticulum
Eukaryote
The eukaryotes constitute the domain of Eukarya or Eukaryota, organisms whose cells have a membrane-bound nucleus.
See Cell biology and Eukaryote
Europe
Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere.
Fission (biology)
Fission, in biology, is the division of a single entity into two or more parts and the regeneration of those parts to separate entities resembling the original.
See Cell biology and Fission (biology)
Flagellum
A flagellum (flagella) (Latin for 'whip' or 'scourge') is a hairlike appendage that protrudes from certain plant and animal sperm cells, from fungal spores (zoospores), and from a wide range of microorganisms to provide motility.
See Cell biology and Flagellum
Fluorescence microscope
A fluorescence microscope is an optical microscope that uses fluorescence instead of, or in addition to, scattering, reflection, and attenuation or absorption, to study the properties of organic or inorganic substances.
See Cell biology and Fluorescence microscope
G protein-coupled receptor
G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), also known as seven-(pass)-transmembrane domain receptors, 7TM receptors, heptahelical receptors, serpentine receptors, and G protein-linked receptors (GPLR), form a large group of evolutionarily related proteins that are cell surface receptors that detect molecules outside the cell and activate cellular responses. Cell biology and g protein-coupled receptor are molecular biology.
See Cell biology and G protein-coupled receptor
Günter Blobel
Günter Blobel (May 21, 1936 – February 18, 2018) was a Silesian German and American biologist and 1999 Nobel Prize laureate in Physiology for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell.
See Cell biology and Günter Blobel
Genetics
Genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity in organisms.
Genome
In the fields of molecular biology and genetics, a genome is all the genetic information of an organism.
Geoffrey M. Cooper
Geoffrey M. Cooper is professor of biology at Boston University.
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George Emil Palade
George Emil Palade (November 19, 1912 – October 7, 2008) was a Romanian-American cell biologist.
See Cell biology and George Emil Palade
Germline
In biology and genetics, the germline is the population of a multicellular organism's cells that develop into germ cells.
Glycolipid
Glycolipids are lipids with a carbohydrate attached by a glycosidic (covalent) bond.
See Cell biology and Glycolipid
Glycoprotein
Glycoproteins are proteins which contain oligosaccharide (sugar) chains covalently attached to amino acid side-chains.
See Cell biology and Glycoprotein
Golgi apparatus
The Golgi apparatus, also known as the Golgi complex, Golgi body, or simply the Golgi, is an organelle found in most eukaryotic cells.
See Cell biology and Golgi apparatus
Gram-negative bacteria
Gram-negative bacteria are bacteria that unlike gram-positive bacteria do not retain the crystal violet stain used in the Gram staining method of bacterial differentiation.
See Cell biology and Gram-negative bacteria
Gram-positive bacteria
In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall.
See Cell biology and Gram-positive bacteria
Green fluorescent protein
The green fluorescent protein (GFP) is a protein that exhibits green fluorescence when exposed to light in the blue to ultraviolet range.
See Cell biology and Green fluorescent protein
H. Robert Horvitz
Howard Robert Horvitz ForMemRS NAS AAA&S APS NAM (born May 8, 1947) is an American biologist best known for his research on the nematode worm Caenorhabditis elegans, for which he was awarded the 2002 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, together with Sydney Brenner and John E. Sulston, whose "seminal discoveries concerning the genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death" were "important for medical research and have shed new light on the pathogenesis of many diseases".
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Henri Dutrochet
René Joachim Henri Dutrochet (14 November 1776 – 4 February 1847) was a French physician, botanist and physiologist.
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Histopathology
Histopathology (compound of three Greek words: ἱστός histos 'tissue', πάθος pathos 'suffering', and -λογία -logia 'study of') is the microscopic examination of tissue in order to study the manifestations of disease.
See Cell biology and Histopathology
Homologous recombination
Homologous recombination is a type of genetic recombination in which genetic information is exchanged between two similar or identical molecules of double-stranded or single-stranded nucleic acids (usually DNA as in cellular organisms but may be also RNA in viruses).
See Cell biology and Homologous recombination
Human body
The human body is the entire structure of a human being.
See Cell biology and Human body
Immortality
Immortality is the concept of eternal life.
See Cell biology and Immortality
Immunology
Immunology is a branch of biology and medicine that covers the study of immune systems in all organisms.
See Cell biology and Immunology
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology may refer to.
See Cell biology and Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology
Ion channel
Ion channels are pore-forming membrane proteins that allow ions to pass through the channel pore.
See Cell biology and Ion channel
Ira Mellman
Ira Mellman is an American cell biologist who discovered endosomes.
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Jan Evangelista Purkyně
Jan Evangelista Purkyně (also written Johann Evangelist Purkinje) (17 or 18 December 1787 – 28 July 1869) was a Czech anatomist and physiologist.
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Jean Baptiste Carnoy
Jean Baptiste Carnoy (11 January 1836 – 6 September 1899), born in Rumillies (Belgium), was a Roman Catholic priest and a scientist in the field of cytology.
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Keith R. Porter
Keith Roberts Porter (June 11, 1912 – May 2, 1997) was a Canadian-American cell biologist.
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Kenneth R. Miller
Kenneth Raymond Miller (born July 14, 1948) is an American cell biologist, molecular biologist, and Professor Emeritus of Biology at Brown University.
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Lysosome
A lysosome is a single membrane-bound organelle found in many animal cells.
Marc Kirschner
Marc Wallace Kirschner (born February 28, 1945) is an American cell biologist and biochemist and the founding chair of the Department of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School.
See Cell biology and Marc Kirschner
Marta Miączyńska
Marta Miączyńska is a Polish researcher in the field of molecular cell biology.
See Cell biology and Marta Miączyńska
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Matthias Jakob Schleiden (5 April 1804 – 23 June 1881) was a German botanist and co-founder of cell theory, along with Theodor Schwann and Rudolf Virchow.
See Cell biology and Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Medical microbiology
Medical microbiology, the large subset of microbiology that is applied to medicine, is a branch of medical science concerned with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases.
See Cell biology and Medical microbiology
Meiomitosis
In cell biology, meiomitosis is an aberrant cellular division pathway that combines normal mitosis pathways with ectopically expressed meiotic machinery resulting in genomic instability.
See Cell biology and Meiomitosis
Metabolism (from μεταβολή metabolē, "change") is the set of life-sustaining chemical reactions in organisms.
See Cell biology and Metabolism
Michael Swann
Michael Meredith Swann, Baron Swann, (1 March 1920 – 22 September 1990) was a British molecular and cell biologist.
See Cell biology and Michael Swann
Microbiology
Microbiology is the scientific study of microorganisms, those being of unicellular (single-celled), multicellular (consisting of complex cells), or acellular (lacking cells).
See Cell biology and Microbiology
Micrographia
Micrographia: or Some Physiological Descriptions of Minute Bodies Made by Magnifying Glasses.
See Cell biology and Micrographia
Microscopy
Microscopy is the technical field of using microscopes to view objects and areas of objects that cannot be seen with the naked eye (objects that are not within the resolution range of the normal eye).
See Cell biology and Microscopy
Mitochondrion
A mitochondrion is an organelle found in the cells of most eukaryotes, such as animals, plants and fungi.
See Cell biology and Mitochondrion
Mitogen-activated protein kinase
A mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK or MAP kinase) is a type of serine/threonine-specific protein kinases involved in directing cellular responses to a diverse array of stimuli, such as mitogens, osmotic stress, heat shock and proinflammatory cytokines.
See Cell biology and Mitogen-activated protein kinase
Mitosis
Mitosis is a part of the cell cycle in which replicated chromosomes are separated into two new nuclei.
Molecular biology
Molecular biology is a branch of biology that seeks to understand the molecular basis of biological activity in and between cells, including biomolecular synthesis, modification, mechanisms, and interactions.
See Cell biology and Molecular biology
Molecular genetics
Molecular genetics is a branch of biology that addresses how differences in the structures or expression of DNA molecules manifests as variation among organisms. Cell biology and Molecular genetics are molecular biology.
See Cell biology and Molecular genetics
Necrosis
Necrosis is a form of cell injury which results in the premature death of cells in living tissue by autolysis.
Nuclear envelope
The nuclear envelope, also known as the nuclear membrane, is made up of two lipid bilayer membranes that in eukaryotic cells surround the nucleus, which encloses the genetic material.
See Cell biology and Nuclear envelope
Nucleoid
The nucleoid (meaning nucleus-like) is an irregularly shaped region within the prokaryotic cell that contains all or most of the genetic material.
Nucleolus
The nucleolus (nucleoli) is the largest structure in the nucleus of eukaryotic cells.
See Cell biology and Nucleolus
Organelle
In cell biology, an organelle is a specialized subunit, usually within a cell, that has a specific function.
See Cell biology and Organelle
Organoid
An organoid is a miniaturised and simplified version of an organ produced in vitro in three dimensions that mimics the key functional, structural, and biological complexity of that organ.
Osmotic pressure
Osmotic pressure is the minimum pressure which needs to be applied to a solution to prevent the inward flow of its pure solvent across a semipermeable membrane.
See Cell biology and Osmotic pressure
Outline of cell biology
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to cell biology: Cell biology – A branch of biology that includes study of cells regarding their physiological properties, structure, and function; the organelles they contain; interactions with their environment; and their life cycle, division, and death.
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Oxidative phosphorylation
Oxidative phosphorylation (UK, US) or electron transport-linked phosphorylation or terminal oxidation is the metabolic pathway in which cells use enzymes to oxidize nutrients, thereby releasing chemical energy in order to produce adenosine triphosphate (ATP).
See Cell biology and Oxidative phosphorylation
P53
p53, also known as Tumor protein P53, cellular tumor antigen p53 (UniProt name), or transformation-related protein 53 (TRP53) is a regulatory protein that is often mutated in human cancers.
Pap test
The Papanicolaou test (abbreviated as Pap test, also known as Pap smear (AE), cervical smear (BE), cervical screening (BE), or smear test (BE)) is a method of cervical screening used to detect potentially precancerous and cancerous processes in the cervix (opening of the uterus or womb) or, more rarely, anus (in both men and women).
Paracrine signaling
In cellular biology, paracrine signaling is a form of cell signaling, a type of cellular communication in which a cell produces a signal to induce changes in nearby cells, altering the behaviour of those cells.
See Cell biology and Paracrine signaling
Pathology
Pathology is the study of disease and injury.
See Cell biology and Pathology
Paul Nurse
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse (born 25 January 1949) is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute.
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Peptidoglycan
Peptidoglycan or murein is a unique large macromolecule, a polysaccharide, consisting of sugars and amino acids that forms a mesh-like layer (sacculus) that surrounds the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane.
See Cell biology and Peptidoglycan
Peter Agre
Peter Agre (born January 30, 1949) is an American physician, Nobel Laureate, and molecular biologist, Bloomberg Distinguished Professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, and director of the Johns Hopkins Malaria Research Institute.
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Peter D. Mitchell
Peter Dennis Mitchell FRS (29 September 1920 – 10 April 1992) was a British biochemist who was awarded the 1978 Nobel Prize for Chemistry for his theory of the chemiosmotic mechanism of ATP synthesis.
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Phase-contrast microscopy
Phase-contrast microscopy (PCM) is an optical microscopy technique that converts phase shifts in light passing through a transparent specimen to brightness changes in the image.
See Cell biology and Phase-contrast microscopy
Photosynthesis
Photosynthesis is a system of biological processes by which photosynthetic organisms, such as most plants, algae, and cyanobacteria, convert light energy, typically from sunlight, into the chemical energy necessary to fuel their metabolism.
See Cell biology and Photosynthesis
Physiology
Physiology is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system.
See Cell biology and Physiology
Pilus
A pilus (Latin for 'hair';: pili) is a hair-like appendage found on the surface of many bacteria and archaea.
Prokaryote
A prokaryote (less commonly spelled procaryote) is a single-cell organism whose cell lacks a nucleus and other membrane-bound organelles.
See Cell biology and Prokaryote
Purkinje cell
Purkinje cells or Purkinje neurons, named for Czech physiologist Jan Evangelista Purkyně who identified them in 1837, are a unique type of prominent large neurons located in the cerebellar cortex of the brain. With their flask-shaped cell bodies, many branching dendrites, and a single long axon, these cells are essential for controlling motor activity.
See Cell biology and Purkinje cell
Ray Rappaport
Ray Rappaport (May 21, 1922 – December 14, 2010) was an American cell biologist.
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Receptor tyrosine kinase
Receptor tyrosine kinases (RTKs) are the high-affinity cell surface receptors for many polypeptide growth factors, cytokines, and hormones.
See Cell biology and Receptor tyrosine kinase
Ribosome
Ribosomes are macromolecular machines, found within all cells, that perform biological protein synthesis (messenger RNA translation).
Robert Brown (botanist, born 1773)
Robert Brown (21 December 1773 – 10 June 1858) was a Scottish botanist and paleobotanist who made important contributions to botany largely through his pioneering use of the microscope.
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Robert Hooke
Robert Hooke (18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath who was active as a physicist ("natural philosopher"), astronomer, geologist, meteorologist and architect.
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Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Yonchien Tsien (pronounced, "CHEN"; February 1, 1952 – August 24, 2016) was an American biochemist.
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Rudolf Virchow
Rudolf Ludwig Carl Virchow (also; 13 October 18215 September 1902) was a German physician, anthropologist, pathologist, prehistorian, biologist, writer, editor, and politician.
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Schwann cell
Schwann cells or neurolemmocytes (named after German physiologist Theodor Schwann) are the principal glia of the peripheral nervous system (PNS).
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Screening (medicine)
Screening, in medicine, is a strategy used to look for as-yet-unrecognised conditions or risk markers.
See Cell biology and Screening (medicine)
Theodor Schwann
Theodor Schwann (7 December 181011 January 1882) was a German physician and physiologist.
See Cell biology and Theodor Schwann
Transmission electron microscopy
Transmission electron microscopy (TEM) is a microscopy technique in which a beam of electrons is transmitted through a specimen to form an image.
See Cell biology and Transmission electron microscopy
Virology
Virology is the scientific study of biological viruses.
Virus
A virus is a submicroscopic infectious agent that replicates only inside the living cells of an organism.
Yoshinori Ohsumi
is a Japanese cell biologist specializing in autophagy, the process that cells use to destroy and recycle cellular components.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell_biology
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