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Dense granule — Latin granulum delta Code TH H2.00.04.1.03006 Dense granules (also known as dense bodies or delta granules) are specialized secretory organelles … Wikipedia
dense body — 1. any of the small regions of increased density in the sarcoplasm of skeletal muscles to which myofilaments seem to attach; cf. attachment plaques, under plaque. 2. an electron dense granule occurring in blood platelets that stores and secretes… … Medical dictionary
Granule (cell biology) — In cell biology, a granule can be any structure barely visible by light microscopy. The term is most often used to describe a secretory vesicle.LeukocytesA group of leukocytes called granulocytes contain granules and play an important role in the … Wikipedia
Platelet alpha-granule — In platelets, the term alpha granules is used to describe granules containing several growth factors (such as insulin like growth factor 1, platelet derived growth factor, TGFβ), platelet factor 4 which is a heparin binding chemokine,) and other… … Wikipedia
bull's eye granule — dense body (def. 2) … Medical dictionary
delta granule — dense body … Medical dictionary
Stress granule — NOTOC Stress granules are dense aggregations in the cytosol composed of proteins RNAs that appear when the cell is under stress. The RNA molecules stored are stalled translation pre initiation complexes failed attempts to make protein from mRNA.… … Wikipedia
proacrosomal granule — any of the small, dense bodies found inside one of the vacuoles of the Golgi body, which fuse to form an acrosomal granule … Medical dictionary
P-selectin — Selectin P (granule membrane protein 140kDa, antigen CD62) PDB rendering based on pdb 1gsr … Wikipedia
Major basic protein — Proteoglycan 2, bone marrow (natural killer cell activator, eosinophil granule major basic protein) Available structures PDB … Wikipedia