Lexic.us

Definition of Phragmoplast

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Phragmoplast

1. Central region of mitotic spindle of a plant cell at telophase, in which vesicles gather and fuse to form the cell plate, apparently guided by spindle microtubules. (14 Oct 1997)

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Phragmoplast

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Phragmites Phragmites communis phragmocone phragmocone phragmoplast (current term) phragmoplast (current term) phragmoplasts phragmosiphon phragmosome phrasal

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Literary usage of Phragmoplast

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1. An Introduction to Cytology by Lester Whyland Sharp (1921)
"If the cell undergoing division is very broad it often happens that wall formation begins near the center of the phragmoplast while the latter is still ..."

2. Biologisches Zentralblatt by Isidor Rosenthal (1888)
"In allen den Zellen, bei denen ein solcher phragmoplast vorkommt, wird also die neue Membran von demselben gleichsam mechanisch in die beste ..."

3. Progressus rei Botanicae: Fortschritte der Botanik. Progrès de La botanique by Johannes Paulus Lotsy (1907)
"In allen Zellen, denen ein solcher phragmoplast zukommt, wird also die neue Membran von ihm gleichsam mechanisch in die beste Gleichgewichtslage gebracht. ..."

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