A microbody is a type of organelle that is found in the cells of plants, protozoa, and animals. Organelles in the microbody family include peroxisomes, glyoxysomes, glycosomes and hydrogenosomes. In vertebrates, microbodies are especially prevalent in the liver and kidney organs. ==Structure== A microbody is usually a vesicle with a spherical shap...
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A membrane-bounded cytoplasmic organelle that contains oxidative enzymes. Microbodies possess a single membrane, are frequently spherical, and typically measure from 20 to 60 nanometers in diameter. They are occur in many types of eukaryotic cells, including those of animals, higher plants, and prot...
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Synonym for 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 ... (1...
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(mi´kro-bod″e) any of the cytoplasmic particles found in kidney and liver cells and in certain other cells, surrounded by a limiting membrane, and containing dense crystalline-like inclusions and oxidases.
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See peroxisome.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: mī′krō-bod′ē Definitions: 1. A cytoplasmic organelle, bounded by a single membrane and containing oxidative enzymes. Microbodies include peroxisomes and glyoxysomes.
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