a sac or partially closed space containing body fluid, esp lymph or cerebrospinal fluid
Word origin
New Latin, from Latin; see cistern
Examples of 'cisternae' in a sentence
cisternae
Vesicle budding from unstacked cisternae in vitro was significantly increased compared to stacked membranes.
Yanzhuang Wang, Jen-Hsuan Wei, Blaine Bisel, Danming Tang, Joachim Seemann 2008, 'Golgi Cisternal Unstacking Stimulates COPI Vesicle Budding and Protein Transport',PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0001647. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The synergid cisternae are transformed into vesicles.
Bohdan Rodkiewicz, Krystyna Kubicka, Mieczysław Kuraś 2014, 'Callose and osmiophilic material deposition into walls of developing megagametophytein Stellaria', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/3220. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Coagulocytes: oval or elongated hemocytes, which show pronounced perinuclear cisternae as normally observed in coagulocytes.
Margherita A. Barracco, Clarice T. Loch 1989, 'Ultrastructural studies of the hemocytes of Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduvidae)Ultra-estrutura dos hemócitos de Panstrongylus megistus (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)',Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761989000200005. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Among them, cisternae stacks are the universal structure for most organelles.
Qingchuan Li, Xiaojun Han 2018, 'Self-Assembled Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum-Like Proto-Organelles', iSciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900421830155X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This protein body also originated from endoplasmic reticulum cisternae.
Sabaruddin Zakaria, Toshiaki Matsuda, Youji Nitta 2000, 'Effects of Nitrogen Application on the Development and Accumulation of Protein Bodiesin Developing Rice Seed', Plant Production Sciencehttp://dx.doi.org/10.1626/pps.3.84. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Some long cisternae come in close contact with the embryo sac and the synergid walls.
Bohdan Rodkiewicz, Krystyna Kubicka, Mieczysław Kuraś 2014, 'Callose and osmiophilic material deposition into walls of developing megagametophytein Stellaria', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/3220. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Polyribosomes and rough endoplasmic reticulum cisternae were observed in the most samples in association with mitochondria.
Kamran Haidari, Mojdeh Salehnia, Mojtaba Rezazadeh Valoujerdi 2007, 'Ultrastructural Characteristics of Mouse Preantral Follicles Isolated from Vitrifiedand Non Vitrified Ovaries after In Vitro Maturation', Cell Journalhttp://celljournal.org/library/upload/article/Heydari.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Numerous osmiophilic droplets from the cytoplasm seem to be incorporated into the walls during the period of wall-cisternae relation.
Bohdan Rodkiewicz, Krystyna Kubicka, Mieczysław Kuraś 2014, 'Callose and osmiophilic material deposition into walls of developing megagametophytein Stellaria', Acta Societatis Botanicorum Poloniaehttps://pbsociety.org.pl/journals/index.php/asbp/article/view/3220. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The organelle-like cisternae stacks can reversibly expand and compress, which provides modulated crowded or de-crowded enzyme environment for biochemical reactions.
Qingchuan Li, Xiaojun Han 2018, 'Self-Assembled Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum-Like Proto-Organelles', iSciencehttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S258900421830155X. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)