Definition of Mesosome
1. a specialized cellular part [n -S]
Medical Definition of Mesosome
1.
| Invagination of the plasma membrane in some bacterial cells, sometimes with additional membranous lamellae inside. May have respiratory or photosynthetic functions.
Origin: Gr. Soma = body
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
|
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mesosome
Other Resources:
