Level of life
Cell
The smallest unit that can live on its own. Every living thing is made of one or more cells.
Lysosomes
Break down and recycle worn-out parts and waste.Source: NHGRISource: de Duve, 1975Source: Ballabio & Bonifacino, 2020
Structure
How Lysosomes connects
Lysosomes is part of
Studied in
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Sources & further reading
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Lysosome (opens the original in a new tab)
National Human Genome Research Institute. Talking Glossary of Genomic and Genetic Terms. National Human Genome Research Institute, NIH.
ReferenceGovernment sourceEducationalExploring cells with a centrifuge (opens the original in a new tab)
de Duve C (1975). Science 189:186-194.
Nobel lecture describing the discovery of lysosomes.
Peer-reviewedReviewLysosomes as dynamic regulators of cell and organismal homeostasis (opens the original in a new tab)
Ballabio A, Bonifacino JS (2020). Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology 21:101-118.
Peer-reviewedReview