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152 recordsThe Cell · The cell
The smallest unit that can carry out the processes of life.
Plasma Membrane · Plasma membrane
A selective boundary that separates a cell from its surroundings.
Nucleus
The membrane-bound compartment that contains most eukaryotic DNA.
Mitochondrion
An organelle that supports energy conversion and many other cellular processes.
Neuron
An excitable cell specialized to receive, integrate, and transmit information through electrical and chemical signaling.
Homo sapiens · Human
The human species, used here as the organism context for the curated TP53 and p53 records.
Adipocyte
Adipocytes store or use energy and send signals that help coordinate whole-body metabolism.
Allele
One of the alternative DNA sequence forms found at a particular genetic locus.
Amino Acids · Protein-building amino-acid set
Meet the 20 standard amino acids that build most proteins, plus selenocysteine and pyrrolysine, two rare amino acids that some organisms encode directly.
Antibiotic
A medicine that kills or inhibits susceptible bacteria; antibiotics do not treat viral infections.