[1890–95; cyto- + -plast]This word is first recorded in the period 1890–95. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: bootstrap, cholesterol, masochism, plein-air, pogeycyto- is a combining form meaning “cell,” used in the formation of compound words. Otherwords that use the affix cyto- include: cytogenetics, cytokinin, cytopathic, cytoskeleton, endocytobiology
Examples of 'cytoplast' in a sentence
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We demonstrate that microtubule acetylation, polyglutamylation, and β1tubulin expression are mandatory for proplatelet-like elongation, swelling formation, and cytoplast severing.
Juliette van Dijk, Guillaume Bompard, Julien Cau, Shinji Kunishima, Gabriel Rabeharivelo,Julio Mateos-Langerak, Chantal Cazevieille, Patricia Cavelier, Brigitte Boizet-Bonhoure,Claude Delsert, Nathalie Morin 2018, 'Microtubule polyglutamylation and acetylation drive microtubule dynamics criticalfor platelet formation', BMC Biologyhttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12915-018-0584-6. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Certain transcription factors in the cytoplast may be critical as has been demonstrated for induced pluripotent stem cells.
Fengxia YIN,Hui LIU,Shorgan BOU,Guangpeng LI 2014, 'Oocyte-associated transcription factors in reprogramming after somatic cell nucleartransfer: a review', Frontiers of Agricultural Science and Engineeringhttp://academic.hep.com.cn/fase/fileup/2095-7505/PDF/2095-7505-2014-2-104.pdf. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)