Cytoplasmic Granule:

Terms Related to Cytoplasmic Granule

• Microbody

  Electron-dense cytoplasmic particles bounded by a single membrane, such as PEROXISOMES, GLYOXYSOMES, and glycosomes.

• Phagosome

  Membrane-bound cytoplasmic vesicles formed by invagination of phagocytized material. They fuse with lysosomes to form phagolysosomes in which the hydrolytic enzymes of the lysosome digest ...

• Hemidesmosome

  An anchoring junction of the cell to a non-cellular substrate, similar in morphology to halves of DESMOSOMES. They are composed of specialized areas of the ...

• Heterochromatin

  The portion of chromosome material that remains condensed and is transcriptionally inactive during INTERPHASE.

• Exocytosis

  Cellular release of material within membrane-limited vesicles by fusion of the vesicles with the CELL MEMBRANE.