centrosome
central body; a body enclosing a centriole and located in the center of the aster during mitosis
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Centrosome
A centrosome, the connecting point of a centriole, an organelle, is the portion of a cell where microtubules are manufactured. Its structure, since it acts as a nexus for cell activity, facilitates cell division.
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The primary microtubule organising center (MTOC) of animal cells, that divides prior to cell division each daughter MTOC acts as one pole of the spindle apparatus. The centrosome usually contains a pair of centrioles.
A centrosome is a cellular structure involved in the process of cell division. Before cell division, the centrosome duplicates and then, as division begins, the two centrosomes move to opposite ends of the cell.
Centrosomes and Cancer
Cancer cells often have more than the normal number (1 or 2 depending on the stage of the cell cycle) of centrosomes .
centrosome - microtubule organizing center that contains the centriole; it divides and organizes the poles of the mitotic spindle apparatus during mitosis.
centrosome
Material present in the cytoplasm of all eukaryotic cells and important during cell division; also called microtubule-organizing center.
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Centrosome: The centrosome, or MICROTUBULE ORGANIZING CENTER (MTOC), is an area in the cell where microtubules are produced.
centrosome Minute body in cytoplasm of many plant and animal cells that contains one or two centrioles and is the center of dynamic activity in mitosis.
Centrum kentron = center.
Each centrosome of an animal cell contains two centrioles. Plant cells do not have centrioles but they do form spindle fibers.
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As the spindle grows, the centrosomes begin to translocate to opposite ends of the nucleus, apparently driven by the addition of new tubulin monomers to the existing filament network.
A cell-body (organellae) in plants other than nucleus, mitochondria and centrosome. Proplastides develop to leukoplasts (or etioplasts in the absence of light) which develop to chloroplasts and/or chromoplasts.
In animal cells and most protists, a structure known as a centrosome occurs. The centrosome contains two centrioles lying at right angles to each other. Centrioles are short cylinders with a 9 + 0 pattern of microtubule triplets.
Most living cells contain, in addition to their protoplasm and nucleus, a small particle which usually lies near the nucleus and is termed the centrosome.
You will see a condensed and darker area of the cytoplasm called the centrosome. When the time comes for cell division, the centrioles will appear and move to opposite ends of the nucleus. During division you will see four centrioles.
These substances are organized to constitute the living organelles, as endoplasmic reticulum, ribosomes, chloroplasts, mitochondria, Golgi apparatus, nucleolus, nucleus, lysosomes, vacuoles, and centrosomes.
Microfilaments project into the villi, giving shape to the cell surface. Microtubules grow out of the centrosome to the cell periphery. Intermediate filaments connect adjacent cells through desmosomes.
 See also: Cell, Cells, Organ, Microtubule, Nucleus
  
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