nucleus
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5.3
- noun
- /ˈnjuːkliəs/
- Specialized
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núcleo
- In a typical eukaryotic cell, the nucleus is surrounded by a membrane that protects the DNA.
- cell nucleus
- nucleus in the cytoplasm
- contain a nucleus
Within those fibers, however, there are cells with nuclei.
- Within those fibers, however, there are cells with nuclei.
- The the way I think about it is it's coupling mitochondrial activity and mitochondrial health with the nucleus.
- And so rather than the brain, the nucleus of the cell is reproduction gonad.
- A red blood cell shooting off its nucleus into a Pseudomonas's eye?
- think with this organ they made the brain of the cell the nucleus. It's really the gonad of the cell.
- Mott C is made not by the DNA from the DNA in the nucleus, which is most of our chromosomes.
Examples
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For those early eukaryotic cells—cells with a nucleus—survival long enough to reproduce was almost a miracle.
Fiction book (2000) -
Here's the nucleus in the middle of the cell body.
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First sentence, the nucleus is the command center of the cell.
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So what would happen is normally messenger RNA would leave the nucleus of the cell.
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Like all cells, it's got a nucleus and cytoplasm.
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The transfer completed, the egg cell will then ideally accept the donor nucleus as its own.
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Some of the elements are lodged in the nucleus; others in the cytoplasm.
Academic text (1993) -
In the cell of the human organism, the nucleus is embodied in the cytoplasmic matrix.
Academic text (2003) -
Neurons are brain cells that have a nucleus, dendrites and an Axon.
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A mitochondrion (orange) can be seen below the nucleus of a mouse's epithelial cell.
Academic text (2001)
Synonyms
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The part of a cell surrounded by a membrane that holds DNA and controls growth and reproduction
The part of a cell that holds DNA and controls cell growth and division
Compounds
- Specialized
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The part of a cell surrounded by a membrane that holds DNA and controls growth and reproduction
- Specialized
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A part inside the brain shaped like a tail that helps control movement and learning
- Specialized
A large folded group of brain cells in the back part of the brain that helps control movement and balance
- Specialized
A small part of the brain shaped like an almond that helps control feelings and motivation
- Specialized
A lens-shaped part of the brain made of gray matter that helps control movements you choose
How Central
Surface Forms
Etymology
Nucleus comes from the Latin word nux, which means 'nut' or 'kernel'. So a cell's nucleus is like the little 'kernel' at its center that holds DNA and controls the cell.