vacuole

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The pathogen inside this vacuole then breaks free by utilizing its T6SS to disrupt the surrounding cell membrane.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

A vacuole is a structure reserved for storage and digestion within a cell.

From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2023

Increasing the acidity inside the vacuole may decrease it outside the vacuole, causing enzymes there to work faster and wear out sooner, which may also help explain the higher death rate among these altered cells.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2023

If you look at Figure 3.7, you will see that plant cells each have a large, central vacuole that occupies most of the cell.

From Textbooks • Apr. 25, 2013

At each end of the cell is a vacuole containing small granules that show an active dancing movement.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton