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circumplasm

circumplasm noun: the extracytoplasmatic space between sporoblast and oocyst wall.

Noun

circumplasm (uncountable)

  1. The extracytoplasmatic space between sporoblast and oocyst wall
    • The EnOWP6-mCherry reporter signals are regularly distributed to sporocyst wall and some of the reporter signals remained in the circumplasm of fully sporulated oocysts, whereas mCherry of EnOWP2 reporter was almost absent at this stage.2015 July 25, Ernst Jonscher et al., “Two COWP-like cysteine rich proteins from Eimeria nieschulzi (coccidia, apicomplexa) are expressed during sporulation and involved in the sporocyst wall...

Questions about circumplasm

What does circumplasm mean?
Circumplasm means the extracytoplasmatic space between sporoblast and oocyst wall.
What part of speech is circumplasm?
Circumplasm is a noun.

Words near circumplasm in the dictionary

  1. circumpeninsular
  2. circumpharyngeal
  3. circumplanetary
  4. circumplanetary disk
  5. circumplanetary disks
  6. circumplasm
  7. circumplasmatic
  8. circumplex
  9. circumplexes
  10. circumplical
  11. circumpolar

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