How to Use lysosome in a Sentence

lysosome

noun
Definition of lysosomenext
  • Over the nine years since Sabatini’s talk, lysosomes have won more respect.
    — Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2017
  • In those with Batten, a defect occurs in the lysosomes, cell organelles that remove cell waste.
    — Cindy Sutter, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2017
  • Once there, the macrophages formed TNTs with injured cells and transferred lysosomes — tiny packages full of healthy enzymes — to the diseased cells, Cherqui explained.
    — Quanta Magazine, 23 Apr. 2018
  • These drugs work by impairing a part of the cell called the lysosome, which basically breaks down and gets rid of cellular garbage.
    — Popular Science, 15 Dec. 2020
  • Their lysosomes don’t make enough of an enzyme that helps create and sustain the protective coating around nerve fibers.
    — Amy Dickinson, chicagotribune.com, 4 Oct. 2017
  • This allows the virus's genetic material to escape from the lysosome into the cell.
    — TheWeek, 28 Mar. 2020
  • Next, the drug company had to find a way to get that enzyme to the lysosome using sugars that facilitated movement.
    — Vikki Ortiz Healy, chicagotribune.com, 7 July 2017
  • Sabatini proudly projected a slide with the team’s findings, showing the enzyme arrayed along the surface of the organelles called lysosomes.
    — Quanta Magazine, 25 Apr. 2017
  • Rather, they all are involved in sending cellular materials to the waste-recycling compartment called the lysosome.
    — Amber Dance Knowable Magazine, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2020
  • Its main task is to shuttle cellular detritus to the lysosome, an organelle containing digestive enzymes, where it can be chewed up and recycled.
    — William A. Haseltine, Forbes, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Our cells have many compartments — lysosomes for breaking down food molecules, for example, and the endoplasmic reticulum for moving proteins around the cell.
    — Carl Zimmer, STAT, 30 May 2018
  • Bacteria and archaea have no nuclei, lysosomes, mitochondria or skeletons.
    — Carl Zimmer, New York Times, 15 Jan. 2020

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