A vacuole is a tiny storage space found in the cells of plants and some other organisms. It stores water, nutrients, and waste materials to help keep the cell functioning properly. Full definition
When the scientists recently gave mice a single dose of cocaine and looked for signs of autophagy in their brain cells, they detected autophagy - associated proteins and changes in vacuoles in adults and in mouse pups whose mothers had received cocaine while pregnant. (sciencedaily.com)
The word was «lone,» as in «PvPlm is the lone plasmepsin in the food vacuole of Plasmodium vivax.» (sciencemag.org)
Our results demonstrated that our 3D cell culture device enables a real - time imaging of giant vacuole formation and tracers crossing the cultured endothelial cell monolayer in a controlled experimental condition. (glaucoma.org)