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Encyclopedia > Cell organelle

In cell biology, an organelle is one of several structures with specialized functions, suspended in the cytoplasm of a eukaryotic cell. Organelles were historically identified through the use of some form of microscopy and were also identified through the use of cell fractionation.


A few large organelles probably originated from endosymbiont bacteria:

Other organelles include:

Other related structures:


Organelles of the cell
Chloroplast | Mitochondrion | Centriole | Endoplasmic reticulum | Golgi apparatus | Lysosome | Myofibril | Nucleus | Peroxisome | Ribosome | Vacuole | Vesicle



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Organelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (457 words)
Organelles were historically identified through the use of microscopy, and were also identified through the use of cell fractionation.
The larger organelles, such as the nucleus and vacuoles, are easily visible with moderate magnification (although sometimes a clear view requires the application of chemicals that selectively stain parts of the cells); they were among the first biological discoveries made after the invention of the microscope.
Organelles which have double-membranes and their own DNA are believed by many biologists of having originally come from incompletely consumed or invading prokaryotic cells, which were adopted as a part of the invaded cell through endosymbiosis.
Organelle1 (675 words)
Cells and Organelles - Provides short descriptions of the various organelles in a cell.
Organelles - Possesses anchors to pages which focus on the various organelles in the cell.
In eukaryotic cells, a molecule (or several) of ubiquitin is attached to a protein to signal its targeting to the lysosome for disassembly.
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