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anterograde transport — Movement of material from the cell body of a neuron into axons and dendrites (retrograde axoplasmic transport also occurs) … Dictionary of molecular biology
anterograde — adjective a) Effective immediately after a traumatic event such as an external shock. Anterograde amnesia is a loss of the ability to create new memories after the event that caused the amnesia. b) Moving or occurring in the normal forward or… … Wiktionary
anterograde — 1. Moving forward. Cf.:antegrade. 2. Extending forward from a particular point in time; used in reference to amnesia. [L. gradior, pp. gressus, to step, go] * * * an·tero·grade ant ə (.)rō .grād adj 1) effective for a period immediately following … Medical dictionary
anterograde — adjective Etymology: New Latin antero from front to (from Latin anterior) + English grade Date: 1923 1. occurring or performed in the normal or forward direction of conduction or flow < anterograde axonal transport > 2. affecting memories … New Collegiate Dictionary
transport — The movement or transference of biochemical substances in biologic systems. [L. transporto, to carry over, fr. trans + porto, to carry] active t. the passage of ions or molecules across a cell membrane, not by passive diffusion but by an energy… … Medical dictionary
Axoplasmic transport — Axoplasmic transport, also called axonal transport, is responsible for movement of mitochondria, lipids, synaptic vesicles, proteins, and other cell parts to and from a neuron s cell body through the cytoplasm of its axon (the axoplasm). Axons,… … Wikipedia
Intraflagellar transport — or IFT is the cellular process essential for the formation and maintenance of eukaryotic cilia and flagella. IFT, first discovered in 1993 by graduate student Keith Kozminski while working in the lab of Dr. Joel Rosenbaum… … Wikipedia
Kinesin — Animation of kinesin walking on a microtubule The kinesin dimer attaches to, and mo … Wikipedia
Vesicle (biology and chemistry) — Scheme of a simple vesicle (liposome). A vesicle is a bubble of liquid within another liquid, a supramolecular assembly made up of many different molecules. More technically, a vesicle is a small membrane enclosed sack that can store or transport … Wikipedia
Vesicle (biology) — A vesicle is a small bubble of liquid within a cell. A more formal definition in cell biology, would be that a vesicle is a relatively small, intracellular, membrane enclosed sac that stores or transports substances. Vesicles form naturally… … Wikipedia
