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  2. Cell wall - Wikipedia

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    A plant cell wall was first observed and named (simply as a "wall") by Robert Hooke in 1665. [3] However, "the dead excrusion product of the living protoplast" was forgotten, for almost three centuries, being the subject of scientific interest mainly as a resource for industrial processing or in relation to animal or human health.

  3. Cell (biology) - Wikipedia

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    Some eukaryotic cells (plant cells and fungal cells) also have a cell wall. Inside the cell is the cytoplasmic region that contains the genome (DNA), ribosomes and various sorts of inclusions. [2] The genetic material is freely found in the cytoplasm. Prokaryotes can carry extrachromosomal DNA elements called plasmids, which are usually circular.

  4. Gram-negative bacteria - Wikipedia

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    Gram-negative cell wall structure Gram-positive and -negative bacteria are differentiated chiefly by their cell wall structure. Conventional gram-negative (LPS-diderm) bacteria display the following characteristics: [citation needed] An inner cell membrane is present (cytoplasmic)

  5. Wikipedia : Featured picture candidates/Diagram of a ...

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    Original – A diagram of the Prokaryotic Bacteria cell, showing its parts, which is the Pilus, Cytoplasm, Ribosomes, Nucleoid (DNA), Plasma membrane, Cell wall, Capsule, and the Flagellum. Reason It has a high educational value, as it shows the parts of a Prokaryote cell.

  6. Pit (botany) - Wikipedia

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    The top section is a cross-sectional view with bordered pits shown between adjacent cells, and the bottom section is a radial view with numerous bordered pits shown. Pits are relatively thinner portions of the cell wall that adjacent cells can communicate or exchange fluid through. Pits are characteristic of cell walls with secondary layers ...

  7. Bacterial cell structure - Wikipedia

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    Since the cell wall is required for bacterial survival, but is absent in some eukaryotes, several antibiotics (notably the penicillins and cephalosporins) stop bacterial infections by interfering with cell wall synthesis, while having no effects on human cells which have no cell wall, only a cell membrane

  8. Extracellular matrix - Wikipedia

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    The cell wall is the relatively rigid structure surrounding the plant cell. The cell wall provides lateral strength to resist osmotic turgor pressure, but it is flexible enough to allow cell growth when needed; it also serves as a medium for intercellular communication. The cell wall comprises multiple laminate layers of cellulose microfibrils ...

  9. Plant cell - Wikipedia

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    Structure of a plant cell. Plant cells are the cells present in green plants, photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.Their distinctive features include primary cell walls containing cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectin, the presence of plastids with the capability to perform photosynthesis and store starch, a large vacuole that regulates turgor pressure, the absence of flagella or ...