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Cytoplasm – Organizing life inside the cell

By | July 15, 2021

The cytoplasm (in eukaryotes) is the fluid content inside the plasma membrane excluding the nucleus and its contents. It means, all the organelles plus their contents, cytoplasmic matrix / fluid, macromolecules and ions put together constitutes “cytoplasm”. Sometimes it is important to differentiate between the cytosol and the cytoplasm. The cytosol is defined as all… Read More »

Structural and functional unit of life – The Cell

By | July 12, 2021

Our earth is a wonderful place where many different kinds of organisms co-exist. The diversity observed among living forms is huge- ranging from minute Algae to tall trees, micro organisms like bacteria to gigantic Blue whales. The thing that unifies all of them is that all have a basic unit of life called as “Cells”.… Read More »