Oxysome
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Oxysome is a noun meaning (biology) One of the small round bodies found in the folds of the cristae in the inner mitochondrial membrane, and involved in ATP synthesis.
Meaning
(biology) One of the small round bodies found in the folds of the cristae in the inner mitochondrial membrane, and involved in ATP synthesis.
Word Forms
- oxysomes
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mitoxosome, peroxysome, glyoxysome, peroxisome, glyoxisome, mitochondrion.
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