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see porocytes.
Online Dictionary of Invertebrate Zoology. A.R. Maggenti and S.L. Gardne. 2005.
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Pore forming toxins — (PFTs) are protein toxins, typically, (but not exclusively) produced by bacteria, such as C.perfringens and S.aureus . They are frequently cytotoxic (i.e., they kill cells) as they create unregulated pores in the membrane of targeted cells.Types… … Wikipedia
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pore plates — 1. (ARTHROPODA: Insecta) In the soft scale Towmeyella parvicornis , groups of invaginated, biocular pores on the dorsal surface of the derm; see sensilla placodea. 2. (BRYOZOA: Gymnolaemata) An interior chitinous or calcareous wall of a zooid… … Dictionary of invertebrate zoology
Mitochondrial permeability transition pore — The Mitochondrial Permeability Transition, or MPT, is defined as an increase in the permeability of the mitochondrial membranes to molecules of less than 1500 Daltons in molecular weight. MPT results from the opening of a mitochondrial… … Wikipedia
Nuclear pore — Diagram of human cell nucleus. Nuclear pore labeled at bottom left … Wikipedia
Water pore — Wa ter pore , 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A pore by which the water tubes of various invertebrates open externally. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) One of certain minute pores in the leaves of some plants. They are without true guardian cells, but in other respects… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
normal pore canals — (Class Ostracoda): Numerous perforations through valve with chemosensory and tactile sensilla, which communicate with nerve cells in the underlying epidermis; may be simple (open) or covered with sieve plates [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in… … Crustacea glossary
radial pore canals — (Class Ostracoda): Modified normal pores located at free margins of valves, housing nerve filaments that lead from tactile sensilla to nerve cells in the underlying epidermis [Cohen, Peterson, and Maddocks, in press] … Crustacea glossary
Cell nucleus — HeLa cells stained for the cell nucleus DNA with the Blue Hoechst dye. The central and rightmost cell are in interphase, thus their entire nuclei are labeled. On the left, a cell is going through mitosis and its DNA has condensed ready for… … Wikipedia
