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A tiny granule in the cytoplasm
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microsome
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In cell biology , microsomes are vesicle-like artifacts re-formed from pieces of the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) when eukaryotic cells are broken-up in the laboratory; microsomes are not present in healthy, living cells. Microsomes can be concentrated and ...
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n. a tiny granule in the cytoplasm that is where protein synthesis takes place under the direction of mRNA
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microsome \microsome\ n. (Cell biology) a tiny granule in the cytoplasm of a cell; it consists of ribosomes bound to fragments of the endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria.
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n. A vesicle formed as an artifact of cell disruption