spheroplast

English

Etymology

From sphero- +‎ -plast.

Noun

spheroplast (plural spheroplasts)

1. (cytology) A cell from which the cell wall has been removed
   • 2009 March 5, Daisuke Sakakibara et al., “Protein structure determination in living cells by in-cell NMR spectroscopy”, in Nature, volume 458, number 7234, →DOI:

     The localization of overexpressed TTHA1718 was then analysed by measuring 2D 1 H– 15 N HSQC spectra of spheroplasts and periplasmic extract, which were fractionated from TTHA1718-expressing 15 N-labelled cells by lysozyme-EDTA treatment using the conditions described previously 35 .

Related terms

• spheroplasm
• spheroplastic