The cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells is elaborately subdivided into membrane-bound compartments called organelles, each precisely tailored for a defined set of biochemical reactions. Cells must maintain ...

In this episode of Tiny Show and Tell Us, we cover the recent discovery of a new (relatively speaking, more like 100 million year old) organelle called a nitroplast that could revolutionize ...

Cells in symbiotic partnership, nested one within the other and functioning like organelles, can borrow from their host’s genes to complete their own metabolic pathways. There are few relationships in ...

Organelle inheritance is one of several processes that occur during cell division and is an intrinsic part of the cell cycle. Recent studies on vacuole inheritance in the yeast Saccharomyces ...

Cells have membrane-bound compartments, called organelles, that allow certain biochemical processes to proceed without interference from other cell chemistry. For example, lipids are synthesized in ...

A new mechanism of communication between fat cells has been identified by Spanish researchers. The finding, which will be presented at the European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Dublin, Ireland (May 17 ...

Organelles inside cells constantly serve specific functions in the same way that individual departments, so called organelles, handle certain tasks in an organization. Cellular processes alter the ...

The new high-resolution three-dimensional microscopy technique of Immunofluorescent Array Tomography has been used successfully to study the diversity of intracellular structures known as organelles.