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pyrenocytes

pyrenocytes is the plural of pyrenocyte.

Meaning of pyrenocyte

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

Questions about pyrenocytes

What is pyrenocytes the plural of?
Pyrenocytes is the plural of pyrenocyte.

Words near pyrenocytes in the dictionary

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

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