Sentences with phrase «compartment of the cell nucleus»
The latest such roster — 271 proteins identified in a compartment of the cell nucleus called the nucleolus — is a first step toward fully deciphering this organelle, a critical element in the construction of ribosomes, which build proteins.
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They're hoping to find out what controls the size of the nucleus, the central compartment of a cell that contains the DNA, and other components of the cell as it develops into a many - celled organism.
Previous research conducted at Mount Sinai found that the trafficking of protein molecules between the nucleus (the cellular compartment containing the genetic information of the cell) and the cytoplasm is altered in neurodegenerative disease.
Until now, it was not clear how this happens as DNA is usually physically separated from the rest of the cell inside a compartment called the nucleus.
In healthy cells, RanGAP helps transport molecules through nuclear pores that connect a cell's cytoplasm — the liquid that fills most of a cell — and the nucleus — the central compartment containing genetic material.
(The nucleus is a compartment in a cell where most of the genetic material is stored.)
At the ASCB / IFCB meeting in Philadelphia, Feric and Brangwynne will take the gravity story one step further on December 8, describing how giant Xenopus egg cells manage to support thousands of membrane-less compartments inside the nucleus.
Every cell in the body with a nucleus (a compartment in most cells) has the same complete set of genes.