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  2. Vacuole - Wikipedia

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    The function and significance of vacuoles varies greatly according to the type of cell in which they are present, having much greater prominence in the cells of plants, fungi and certain protists than those of animals and bacteria. In general, the functions of the vacuole include: Isolating materials that might be harmful or a threat to the cell

  3. Contractile vacuole - Wikipedia

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    The spongiome serves several functions in water transport into the contractile vacuole and in localization and docking of the contractile vacuole within the cell. Paramecium and Amoeba possess large contractile vacuoles (average diameter of 13 and 45 μm, respectively), which are relatively comfortable to isolate, manipulate and assay.

  4. Food vacuole - Wikipedia

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    The food vacuole, or digestive vacuole, is an organelle found in simple eukaryotes such as protists.This organelle is essentially a lysosome.During the stage of the symbiont parasites' lifecycle where it resides within a human (or other mammalian) red blood cell, it is the site of haemoglobin digestion and the formation of the large haemozoin crystals that can be seen under a light microscope.

  5. Guard cell - Wikipedia

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    Vacuoles are large intracellular storage organelles in plants cells. In addition to the ion channels in the plasma membrane, vacuolar ion channels have important functions in regulation of stomatal opening and closure because vacuoles can occupy up to 90% of guard cell's volume.

  6. Cell (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Vacuoles: Vacuoles sequester waste products and in plant cells store water. They are often described as liquid filled spaces and are surrounded by a membrane. Some cells, most notably Amoeba, have contractile vacuoles, which can pump water out of the cell if there is too much water. The vacuoles of plant cells and fungal cells are usually ...

  7. Plant cell - Wikipedia

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    Structure of a plant cell. Plant cells are the cells present in green plants, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.Their distinctive features include primary cell walls containing cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectin, the presence of plastids with the capability to perform photosynthesis and store starch, a large vacuole that regulates turgor pressure, the absence of flagella or ...

  8. Doctors Explain How To Spot Symptoms Of Bird Flu After First ...

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    The first patient in the U.S. was hospitalized with "severe" bird flu. Here's what you should know about symptoms, according to an infectious disease expert.

  9. Cytosol - Wikipedia

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    Simple English ; SlovenĨina ... in plant cells the main compartment is the large central vacuole. ... Another major function of cytosol is to transport metabolites ...