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CYTOSOL [7 records]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2022-03-30
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Molecular Biology
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- importin
1, record 1, English, importin
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
The traffic through the nuclear envelope is mediated by a protein family which can be divided into exportins and importins. Binding of a molecule (a "cargo") to exportins facilitates its export to the cytoplasm. Importins facilitate import into the nucleus. 2, record 1, English, - importin
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Biologie moléculaire
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- importine
1, record 1, French, importine
correct, feminine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Caryophérine du cytosol qui assure, au niveau d’un pore nucléaire, le transport vers l'intérieur du noyau de protéines pourvues d’une séquence d’importation nucléaire. 2, record 1, French, - importine
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
importine : terme et définition publiés au Journal officiel de la République française le 12 septembre 2019. 3, record 1, French, - importine
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
Record 2 - internal organization data 2012-08-29
Record 2, English
Record 2, Subject field(s)
- Cytology
Record 2, Main entry term, English
- cytosol
1, record 2, English, cytosol
correct
Record 2, Abbreviations, English
Record 2, Synonyms, English
Record 2, Textual support, English
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The soluble phase of the cytoplasm as obtained by differential centrifugation of a broken cell preparation. 2, record 2, English, - cytosol
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Cellular organelles, fragments of plasma membrane, and nomenbranous insoluble components are excluded. 2, record 2, English, - cytosol
Record 2, French
Record 2, Domaine(s)
- Cytologie
Record 2, Main entry term, French
- cytosol
1, record 2, French, cytosol
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, French
Record 2, Synonyms, French
Record 2, Textual support, French
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Fraction fluide, sans organite, du cytoplasme cellulaire. 2, record 2, French, - cytosol
Record 2, Spanish
Record 2, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Citología
Record 2, Main entry term, Spanish
- citosol
1, record 2, Spanish, citosol
correct, masculine noun
Record 2, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 2, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 2, Textual support, Spanish
Record number: 2, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Parte fluida del citoplasma, es decir, la que no contiene orgánulos. 2, record 2, Spanish, - citosol
Record 3 - internal organization data 2003-11-10
Record 3, English
Record 3, Subject field(s)
- Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology
Record 3, Main entry term, English
- supernatant
1, record 3, English, supernatant
correct
Record 3, Abbreviations, English
Record 3, Synonyms, English
Record 3, Textual support, English
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
The liquid that collects above the solid layer after centrifugation or sedimentation. 2, record 3, English, - supernatant
Record 3, French
Record 3, Domaine(s)
- Sciences biologiques
- Biotechnologie
Record 3, Main entry term, French
- surnageant
1, record 3, French, surnageant
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, French
Record 3, Synonyms, French
Record 3, Textual support, French
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Fraction liquide d’un mélange, qui a été séparée de la fraction solide (le culot) par centrifugation. 2, record 3, French, - surnageant
Record number: 3, Textual support number: 1 CONT
L'homogénat obtenu à l'homogénéiseur de Potter est centrifugé 10 minutes à 700 g. Le sédiment contient les noyaux, le surnageant, comprenant le cytoplasme, est transvasé dans un autre tube, centrifugé 10 minutes à 10 000 g, ce qui sédimente les mitochondries et les lysosomes. Le surnageant post mitochondrial est soumis à ultracentrifugation pendant 1 heure à la vitesse la plus grande possible, donnant une accélération d’au moins 100 000 g. On sédimente ainsi les microsomes dont la partie insoluble dans le désoxycholate(DOC) comprend les ribosomes. Le surnageant comprend le cytosol. 3, record 3, French, - surnageant
Record 3, Spanish
Record 3, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Ciencias biológicas
- Biotecnología
Record 3, Main entry term, Spanish
- sobrenadante
1, record 3, Spanish, sobrenadante
correct, masculine noun
Record 3, Abbreviations, Spanish
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Record 3, Textual support, Spanish
Record 4 - internal organization data 2003-06-23
Record 4, English
Record 4, Subject field(s)
- Biochemistry
- Cytology
- Biotechnology
Record 4, Main entry term, English
- membrane transport
1, record 4, English, membrane%20transport
correct
Record 4, Abbreviations, English
Record 4, Synonyms, English
Record 4, Textual support, English
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Living cells capture, store, and transport energy in a chemical form, largely as adenosine triphosphate (ATP). ATP functions as the major carrier of chemical energy in the cells of all living species.... ATP is the major connecting link between two large networks or enzyme-catalyzed reactions in the cell. One of these networks ... utilizes the energy of ATP ... to carry out the osmotic work of membrane transport. 2, record 4, English, - membrane%20transport
Record 4, French
Record 4, Domaine(s)
- Biochimie
- Cytologie
- Biotechnologie
Record 4, Main entry term, French
- transport à travers les membranes
1, record 4, French, transport%20%C3%A0%20travers%20les%20membranes
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, French
Record 4, Synonyms, French
- transport membranaire 2, record 4, French, transport%20membranaire
masculine noun
Record 4, Textual support, French
Record number: 4, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Transport à travers les membranes-La membrane plasmique des cellules agit à la façon d’une interface sélectivement perméable entre la cellule et son environnement et entre son cytosol et ses organites intracellulaires. Deux questions importantes se posent alors : comment les molécules traversent-elles la membrane pour entrer dans la cellule ou dans un organite et comment s’effectue la sélectivité? Trois mécanismes majeurs sont responsables de ces besoins : diffusion, transport actif et endocytose. 1, record 4, French, - transport%20%C3%A0%20travers%20les%20membranes
Record 4, Spanish
Record 4, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Bioquímica
- Citología
- Biotecnología
Record 4, Main entry term, Spanish
- transporte de membrana
1, record 4, Spanish, transporte%20de%20membrana
correct, masculine noun
Record 4, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 4, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 4, Textual support, Spanish
Record 5 - internal organization data 2003-06-17
Record 5, English
Record 5, Subject field(s)
- Biological Sciences
- Biotechnology
Record 5, Main entry term, English
- transamination
1, record 5, English, transamination
correct
Record 5, Abbreviations, English
Record 5, Synonyms, English
Record 5, Textual support, English
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
A critical reaction in all organisms is the transfer of an amino group from one carbon skeleton to another by the process of transamination. Frequently, the most active exchange is between glutamate and aspartate.... This reaction is catalyzed by aspartate aminotransferase (also known as glutamate-oxaloacetate transaminase, glutamate-aspartate transaminase, and similar permutations). 2, record 5, English, - transamination
Record 5, French
Record 5, Domaine(s)
- Sciences biologiques
- Biotechnologie
Record 5, Main entry term, French
- transamination
1, record 5, French, transamination
correct, feminine noun
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Record 5, Synonyms, French
Record 5, Textual support, French
Record number: 5, Textual support number: 1 CONT
On connaît maintenant la quasi-totalité des amino-transférases(transaminases) capables d’assurer la transamination de tous les amino-acides(E. C. 2. 6. 1....). Toutes ces transaminases fonctionnent avec un coenzyme commun, le phosphate de pyridoxal, selon un mécanisme moléculaire bien connu. Dans les cellules encaryotes, ces enzymes sont localisés à la fois dans le cytosol et dans les mitochondries : il en existe ainsi plusieurs variétés moléculaires séparables par électrofocalisation. 2, record 5, French, - transamination
Record 5, Spanish
Record 5, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Ciencias biológicas
- Biotecnología
Record 5, Main entry term, Spanish
- transaminación
1, record 5, Spanish, transaminaci%C3%B3n
correct, feminine noun
Record 5, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 5, Synonyms, Spanish
Record 5, Textual support, Spanish
Record 6 - internal organization data 2003-04-11
Record 6, English
Record 6, Subject field(s)
- Biochemistry
- Biotechnology
Record 6, Main entry term, English
- cytochrome oxidase
1, record 6, English, cytochrome%20oxidase
correct
Record 6, Abbreviations, English
Record 6, Synonyms, English
Record 6, Textual support, English
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 DEF
In an electron transport chain a (terminal) cytochrome which transfers electrons to molecular oxygen, reducing it to water. 2, record 6, English, - cytochrome%20oxidase
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Cytochrome oxidases include cyts aa3, a1, d and o (bacteria typically have more than one type of cyto, chrome oxidase). The electron transport choose in the animal mitochondrion appears to have only one type of cytochrome oxidase, cyt aa3, which resembles the bacterial cyt aa3 in containing two haem a molecules and two copper atoms; in at least some plant mitochondria there is an additional cyanide-resistant cytochrome oxidase. 2, record 6, English, - cytochrome%20oxidase
Record 6, Key term(s)
- cytochrome oxydase
Record 6, French
Record 6, Domaine(s)
- Biochimie
- Biotechnologie
Record 6, Main entry term, French
- cytochrome oxydase
1, record 6, French, cytochrome%20oxydase
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, French
Record 6, Synonyms, French
Record 6, Textual support, French
Record number: 6, Textual support number: 1 OBS
La cytochrome oxydase catalyse le transfert d’électrons du cytochrome c À O2. La cytochrome oxydase, le dernier des trois assemblages de pompage des protons de la chaîne respiratoire, catalyse le transfert d’électrons du cytochrome c réduit à l'oxygène moléculaire, accepteur final [...] Quatre électrons sont conduits vers O2 pour le réduire complètement en H2O, et en même temps pomper des protons de la matrice vers la face cytosolique de la membrane mitochondriale interne. Le terme cytosolique est utilisé pour désigner le côté de la membrane interne opposé au côté matriciel, parce qu'il est librement accessible à la plupart des petites molécules du cytosol. 2, record 6, French, - cytochrome%20oxydase
Record 6, Key term(s)
- cytochrome-oxydase
Record 6, Spanish
Record 6, Campo(s) temático(s)
- Bioquímica
- Biotecnología
Record 6, Main entry term, Spanish
- citocromoxidasa
1, record 6, Spanish, citocromoxidasa
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Abbreviations, Spanish
Record 6, Synonyms, Spanish
- citocromo oxidasa 1, record 6, Spanish, citocromo%20oxidasa
correct, feminine noun
Record 6, Textual support, Spanish
Record 7 - internal organization data 1996-10-23
Record 7, English
Record 7, Subject field(s)
- Cytology
Record 7, Main entry term, English
- perinuclear space 1, record 7, English, perinuclear%20space
Record 7, Abbreviations, English
Record 7, Synonyms, English
Record 7, Textual support, English
Record 7, French
Record 7, Domaine(s)
- Cytologie
Record 7, Main entry term, French
- citerne 1, record 7, French, citerne
Record 7, Abbreviations, French
Record 7, Synonyms, French
Record 7, Textual support, French
Record number: 7, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Le réticulum endoplasmique(RE) forme un labyrinthe membraneux si étendu qu'il représente plus de la moitié de toute la substance membraneuse dans beaucoup de cellules eucaryotes.(Le terme endoplasmique signifie «à l'intérieur» du cytoplasme, et le terme réticulum endoplasmique comprend un réseau de tubules et de sacs membraneux appelés citernes. La membrane du réticulum endoplasmique isole du cytosol le contenu des citernes. Et comme elle est en continuité avec l'enveloppe nucléaire, le contenu des citernes communique avec l'espace situé entre les deux membranes de l'enveloppe nucléaire. 2, record 7, French, - citerne
Record 7, Spanish
Record 7, Textual support, Spanish
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