Definition of intracellular in English:
intracellular
adjectiveˌɪntrəˈsɛljʊləˌɪntrəˈsɛljələr
Biology Located or occurring within a cell or cells.
Example sentencesExamples
- In general, the innermost layer of the seed coat of legumes consists of irregularly shaped cells with large intracellular spaces.
- This process leads to cell lysis and the loss of intracellular contents necessary for cell survival.
- In intact cells the probe was trapped both inside intracellular organelles and the cytoplasm.
- Lysosomes are intracellular organelles that specialize in breaking down cellular waste.
- Modulation of intracellular calcium also affects organelle position and motility.
Derivatives
adverb
Biology The same can also be expressed intracellularly when introduced through plasmid or viral vectors.
Example sentencesExamples
- DNA is comparatively stable within cells, and DNA viruses may be more likely to persist than RNA viruses, which have to contend with ribonucleases, which are abundant both intracellularly and extracellularly.
- This process occurs intracellularly in lysosomes.
- Steroid and thyroid hormones are hydrophobic and diffuse from their binding proteins in the plasma, across the plasma membrane to intracellularly localized receptors.
- However, the majority of ABA metabolites were not detected intracellularly, but rather were present in media.
Definition of intracellular in US English:
intracellular
adjectiveˌɪntrəˈsɛljələrˌintrəˈselyələr
Biology Located or occurring within a cell or cells.
an increase in intracellular calcium
Example sentencesExamples
- Modulation of intracellular calcium also affects organelle position and motility.
- Lysosomes are intracellular organelles that specialize in breaking down cellular waste.
- In intact cells the probe was trapped both inside intracellular organelles and the cytoplasm.
- This process leads to cell lysis and the loss of intracellular contents necessary for cell survival.
- In general, the innermost layer of the seed coat of legumes consists of irregularly shaped cells with large intracellular spaces.