Definition of «cellular factories»

"Cellular factories" refers to cells in living organisms that function like small production units, creating proteins, enzymes, and other substances necessary for the cell's survival and functioning. It indicates that cells have the ability to produce various components, similar to how factories manufacture goods.

Sentences with «cellular factories»

In return, the bacteria, which don't die from the infections, provide an improved cellular factory to make new viruses. (sciencemag.org)
They all use RNA molecules as messengers to transfer the information from DNA to cellular factories called ribosomes, which then build proteins, which in turn drive our metabolisms and form the structures of our cells. (discovermagazine.com)
In healthy cells constant growth can overwhelm cellular factories like the ER, leading to cell stress and death, but cancer cells manage to keep their factories running at high capacity to fuel non-stop growth. (sciencedaily.com)
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