CENTRIOLE

Centriole

A centriole is a cylindrical cell structure composed mainly of tubulin that is found in most eukaryotic cells. Centrioles are absent from Pinophyta, flowering plants and most fungi and are only present in the male gametes of charophytes, bryophytes, seedless vascular plants, Cycads, and Gingko.

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centriole

Noun

  1. A barrel shaped microtubule structure found in most animal cells, important in the process of mitosis (nuclear division).


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