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pyrenocyte

pyrenocyte noun: a transient cell derived from an erythroblast by removal of the nucleus.

Noun

pyrenocyte (plural pyrenocytes)

  1. A transient cell derived from an erythroblast by removal of the nucleus.
    • Importantly, during enucleation non-muscle myosin IIB localizes to the abscission site between the future pyrenocyte and the future reticulocyte and is thought to be crucial for actomyosin contractility resulting in nuclear extrusion.2016 January 6, “Calcium Signaling Is Required for Erythroid Enucleation”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of pyrenocyte

pluralpyrenocytes

Origin of pyrenocyte

"We propose that these cells be termed “pyrenocytes,” derived from the Greek words “pyren” (πυρην, the pit of a stone fruit) and “cyte” (κυτος, cell)." https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2234067/

Questions about pyrenocyte

What does pyrenocyte mean?
Pyrenocyte means a transient cell derived from an erythroblast by removal of the nucleus.
What part of speech is pyrenocyte?
Pyrenocyte is a noun.
What is the plural of pyrenocyte?
The plural of pyrenocyte is pyrenocytes.

Words near pyrenocyte in the dictionary

  1. pyrenia
  2. pyrenic
  3. pyrenium
  4. pyrenocarpic
  5. pyrenocarpous
  6. pyrenocyte
  7. pyrenocytes
  8. pyrenodine
  9. pyrenoid
  10. pyrenoids
  11. pyrenol

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