Definition of spheroplast in English:
spheroplast
nounˈsfɪərəʊplɑːstˈsfɪərəʊplastˈsfi(ə)rəˌplast
Biology A bacterium or plant cell bound by its plasma membrane, the cell wall being deficient or lacking and the whole having a spherical form.
Example sentencesExamples
- Mitochondria were isolated after conversion of cells to spheroplasts.
- Unlike some previous studies the use of this virus system avoids the requirements of generating spheroplasts from host cells before titering viral infectivity.
- The channel activity was characterized in giant spheroplasts by patch clamp.
- The clearest results obtained when all variations of the test conditions could be executed on every spheroplast studied.
- Channel current was obtained from inside-out patches from spheroplasts.