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Specific granule — Specific granules are a secretory vesicles found exclusively in cells of the immune system called granulocytes. They are also known as secondary granules . It is sometimes described as applying specifically to neutrophils,cite web… … Wikipedia
Granule — is a generic term used for a small particle or grain. The generic term is used in a variety of specific contexts.* Granule (solar physics), visible structures in the photosphere of the Sun arising from activity in the Sun s convective zone *… … Wikipedia
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
granule — 1. A grainlike particle; a granulation; a minute discrete mass. 2. A very small pill, usually gelatin or sugar coated, containing a drug to be given in a small dose. 3. A colony of the bacterium or … Medical dictionary
secondary granule — specific g … Medical dictionary
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
azurophil granule — 1. any granule that stains easily with azure dyes. See also azurophilia. 2. a specific type of azurophilic granule found in the promyelocyte; it contains numerous compounds that are antimicrobial, including myeloperoxidase. Called also primary g … Medical dictionary
gelatinase granule — a type of neutrophil granule found primarily in mature cells and seen sedimenting out with specific granules in some fractionation techniques. Called also tertiary g … Medical dictionary
neutrophil granule — any of the granules found in the cytoplasm of neutrophils; those in immature cells are called primary or azurophil granules and those in mature cells are called secondary or specific granules … Medical dictionary
CEBPE — CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), epsilon, also known as CEBPE and CHOP, is a type of ccaat enhancer binding protein. CEBPE is its human gene.cite web | title = Entrez Gene: CEBPE CCAAT/enhancer binding protein (C/EBP), epsilon| url =… … Wikipedia
