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   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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   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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   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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   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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   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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   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:...
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   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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   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 develo...
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   Peroxisome
   Peroxisomes (also called microbodies) are organelles found in virtually all eukaryotic cells. They are involved in the catabolism of very long chain fatty acids, branched chain fatty acids, D-amino acids, polyamines, and biosynthesis of plasmalogens, etherphospholipids critical for the normal funct...
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    peroxisome
    Transmission electron micrograph of a peroxisome from the marine snail Gibulla umbilicalis. Image credit: Alexandre Lobo da Cunha, University of Porto A microbody, or small membrane-bounded organelle found in nearly all eukaryotic cells, which uses molecular oxygen to oxidize organic molecules. P......
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    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 H
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