Organelles Quotes

There are many cells you could look at forever in 3D.

I became aware of the very complex internal organization in a cell from the basic science classes, and it made me think about how all that could work. It seemed like a great mystery, especially how organelles in the cell can be arranged in three dimensions, and how thousands of proteins could find their way to the right location in the cells.

In the early 1950s, during the near avalanche of discoveries, rediscoveries, and redefinitions of subcellular components made possible by electron microscopy, those prospecting in this newly opened field were faced with the problem of what to do with their newly acquired wealth.

A cell is a complex structure, with its investing membrane, nucleus, and nucleolus.

We finally understand in general terms how a cell is organized, how its specialized organs function in a well integrated manner to insure its survival and replication.

We are seeing the cells of plants and animals more and more clearly as chemical factories, where the various products are manufactured in separate workshops.

In reality, a cell is a biological mini-me compared to the human body. A cell has every biological system that you have.

In basic research, the use of the electron microscope has revealed to us the complex universe of the cell, the basic unit of life.

The living cell almost always contains, locked in its interior, the visible or invisible products of its physiological activity or its nourishment.

The cell is a city of production centres, each part working away like mad, and it's co-ordinated. Six trillion cells in a body - you can't help but be moved.