Cellular Urban Life - Made to be Busy / Single Project

Media Details

Media ID: SYM0025
Client: Scientific
Created on: 2004-05-19
Published on: 2004-05-19
Dimensions: 400 x 800 pixels

Type: Illustration

Audiences: Scientific, Medical

Keywords: cellular, environment, physiology, interactions, transport, pathway, signal transduction, urban, density, size, shape, morphology

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  • Cellular Urban Life - Made to be Busy

Description

Extracellular environment can be considered as urban because of the density that cells pack against one another. Physiological as well as molecular requirements necessitate such a lifestyle.

This illustration represents a view on extracellular life, showing how some cell types can associate into granules whilst others, such as immune cells, can roam throughout this environment. Cellular crowding is completely normal and a requirement of life for multicellular organisms.

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