2006-09-11 01:50:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
what is an inclusion body and why is it importance?
what is an organelle?
2006-09-11 02:33:48 · update #1
Organelles are functional subunits of a cell like mitochondria, nuclei, ribosomes, Golgi bodies. Inclusion bodies are storage sites in the cell where some product is accumulated like starch granules, glycogen accumulations, fat droplets.
2006-09-18 09:38:09 · answer #1 · answered by Lorelei 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I will try to answer your question with what I know from my high school studies.
Let start with organelles. Those are the ribosomes, the mitochondria, the chloroplasts, Golgi apparatus and so on. They all participate in some kind of chemical reactions, i.e. they have a specific function in the cells. The ribosomes for instance participate in protein synthesis, Golgi apparatus modifies and prepares substances for exporting from the cell, the mitochondria are related to cellular respiration, the chloroplasts - to photosynthesis.
The inclusions on the other hand we can call a product of all those reactions. The starch grains are products of photosynthesis, protein crystals and lipid drops are the results of other synthetic processes in the cell. They might be useful as sources of energy for example, or as building material for the cell.
So, to put it another way, if the organelles are the factories of the cell, inclusions are their production.
2006-09-11 11:24:32 · answer #2 · answered by JAM-Just Ask Me :-) 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
do not know
2006-09-13 09:57:39 · answer #3 · answered by david w 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋