Look up: peroxisome

1. Peroxisome
   A cytoplasmic organelle within which photo-respiration occurs in animal and plant cells, characterised by its content of catalase and other (peroxidase) oxidative enzymes.
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2. peroxisome
   Organelle, similar to a lysosome, characterized by its content of catalase (EC 1.11.1.6), peroxidase (EC 1.11.1.7) and other oxidative enzymes.
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3. Peroxisome
   In cell biology, this is the organelle present in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and characterized by its content of catalase and other oxidative enzymes such as peroxidase.
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4. Peroxisome
   In cell biology, this is the organelle present in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells and characterized by its content of catalase and other oxidative enzymes such as peroxidase.
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5. peroxisome
   Organelle containing peroxidase and catalase, sometimes as a large crystal. A site of oxygen utilization, but not of ATP synthesis. In plants, associated with chloroplasts in photorespiration and considered to be part of a larger group of organelles, the microbodies.
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6. peroxisome
   <cell biology> Organelle containing peroxidase and catalase, sometimes as a large crystal. A site of oxygen utilisation, but not of ATP synthesis. In plants, associated with chloroplasts in photorespiration and considered to be part of a larger group of organelles, the microbodies. ... Origin: Gr. Soma = body ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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7. peroxisome
   (pәr-ok´sĭ-sōm) a tiny body found inside the cells of vertebrates, especially kidney and liver cells; it contains urate oxidase, amino acid oxidase, catalase, and other enzymes.
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8. peroxisome
   (from the article `metabolic disease`) Peroxisomes are cytoplasmic organelles that play a central role in the catabolism of very-long-chain fatty acids and other compounds through the ... ...contains digestive enzymes that break down old organelles, cells or cellular components during certain developmental stages, and particulate ... ...
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9. peroxisome
   Type: Term Pronunciation: pĕ-rok′si-sōm Definitions: 1. A membrane-bound organelle occurring in many eukaryotic cells that often has an electron-dense crystalline inclusion containing catalase, urate oxidase, and other oxidative enzymes relating to the formation and degradation of H₂O₂; thought to b...
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10. Peroxisome
    `Peroxisomes` (also called `microbodies`) are organelles found in virtually all doi = 10.1098/rstb.2009.0240 -->--> They are involved in the catabolism of very long chain fatty acids, branched chain fatty acids, D-amino acids, polyamines, and biosynthesis of issn = -->--> They also contain approxima...
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