Cytosol meaning

sī'tə-sôl', -sŏl'
The fluid component of cytoplasm, excluding organelles and the insoluble, usually suspended, cytoplasmic components.
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The fluid component of cytoplasm, excluding the organelles and insoluble components such as cytoskeletal protein filaments.
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The fluid component of cytoplasm, containing the insoluble, suspended cytoplasmic components. In prokaryotes, all chemical reactions take place in the cytosol. In eukaryotes, the cytosol surrounds the organelles.
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(cytology) The aqueous solution of a cell's cytoplasm, consisting of water, organic molecules and inorganic ions.
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Origin of cytosol

cyto– sol(ution)

Sentence Examples

  • We recently demonstrated that secretory granules can signal their own export from the cell by releasing Ca 2+ to the cytosol.

  • secretory granules can signal their own export from the cell by releasing Ca 2+ to the cytosol.

  • The role of CCT in protein folding in eukaryotic cytosol is mainly concerned with the actin and tubulin protein families.

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