Words similar to peroxisomes

Example sentences for: peroxisomes

How can you use “peroxisomes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The third control was the presence of a contaminant organelle, peroxisomes (Fig.
Peroxisomes could provide the new membranes by either synthesis of lipids or fusing themselves with the vacuolar membrane.
Alternatively, peroxisomes might be involved in membrane breakdown in the mitochondrial degeneration process.
Peroxisomes shorten chains of very long fatty acids, unsaturated fatty acids and branched fatty acids by β-oxidation [ 60 61 ] . They play critical roles in synthesis of ether phospholipids and cholesterol [ 62 63 ] . Peroxisomal abundance is associated with high membrane demand such as myelination in the central nervous system [ 64 65 ] and peroxisome diseases result in defective myelination [ 66 ] . Because the outer mitochondrial membrane normally tightly wraps around mitochondria, the extension of the outer membrane during vacuolation requires new membranes.
The basic features of MVISE are expansion of mitochondrial intermembrane space, extension of mitochondrial outer membrane, collapse and/or disintegration of the matrix and inner membrane, and involvement of peroxisomes.