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Definition of Peroxisomes
1. peroxisome [n] - See also: peroxisome
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peroxisomes
Literary usage of Peroxisomes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"LYSOSOMES AND peroxisomes, THE CELL'S "DIGESTIVE SYSTEM" When a white blood cell
engulfs a bacterium and destroys it, the white cell's lysosomes do most of ..."
2. Assessing the Human Health Risks of Trichloroethylene: Key Scientific Issues by National Research Council (U.S.) (2006)
"Several groups in the mid-1960s first reported the phenomenon of peroxisome
proliferation when significant increases of hepatic peroxisomes were seen in ..."
3. Directory of Federal Laboratory and Technology Resources: A Guide to (1993)
"... such as lysosomes, peroxisomes, Golgi-GERL or macromolecules, such as
apolipoproteins and leukocyte secretory products within cells and tissues. ..."
4. Reviews in Environmental Health (1998): Toxicological Defense Mechanics edited by Gary E. R. Hook, George W. Lucier (2000)
"Moreover, mice and rats also respond to TCA and many other chemicals by induction
of hepatocellular peroxisomes, whereas humans either are much less ..."
5. Oxygen/Nitrogen Radicals and Cellular Injury edited by Kenneth B. Adler, Robert D. Devlin, Val Vallyathan (2000)
"... such as SODs (CuZnSOD, found mainly in the cytoplasm as well as in peroxisomes,
and MnSOD localized in the mitochondria), catalase, localized in the ..."
6. Gene Expression in Field Crops: Bibliography January 1991-November 1992 edited by Janet Saunders, Robert D. Warmbrodt (1995)
"Thus, the presence of peroxisomes does not appear to be essential for the proper
assembly of the holoenzyme in E. coli. These data also indicate that ..."
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