Structure. Function. Nucleus. Houses genetic material and controls cell activities, including growth and reproduction. Nucleolus. A spherical structure found in the nucleus that produces ribosomal RNA ...

These efficient and specialized features make prokaryotic cells highly adaptable and capable of thriving in diverse and often extreme environments. Table 1 below provides an overview of the key ...

What makes MRK’s images so compelling is the way they make cell biology seem less abstract. Instead of brightly colored diagrams, we get sweeping vistas of the cell and components that look very ...

Learn about the ultrastructure and organelles of animal, plant, fungal and bacterial cells. BBC Bitesize Scotland revision for SQA National 5 Biology.

To extend and apply their improved models challenge learners to create a totally new model to illustrate and communicate the dynamic nature and function of the cell as illustrated in the narrative.

Find out how vesicles function in the body and what the five main types of vesicle are. We also discuss how vesicles interact with other cells and pathogens.

Yale researchers and their colleagues in Hungary have discovered that cells in the hypothalamus — an area of the brain that controls functions like hunger and body temperature — play a major role in ...

It's no coincidence that our bodies feel a little creakier as we age. The trillions of cells that make up our skeleton age too, and some change in ways that weaken the very structure of our bones.