CELL WALL

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cell wall mean? 

• CELL WALL (noun)
  The noun CELL WALL has 1 sense:

1. a rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier

  Familiarity information: CELL WALL used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CELL WALL (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A rigid layer of polysaccharides enclosing the membrane of plant and prokaryotic cells; maintains the shape of the cell and serves as a protective barrier

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Hypernyms ("cell wall" is a kind of...):

layer (a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another)

Holonyms ("cell wall" is a part of...):

plant cell (a cell that is a structural and functional unit of a plant)

 Context examples 

However, this agent interferes with cell wall synthesis, thereby causing weakening of the cell wall and ultimately cell lysis.

(Antibiotic SQ109, NCI Thesaurus)

A living organism that has membranous cell walls, requires oxygen and organic foods, and is capable of voluntary movement, as distinguished from a plant or mineral.

(Animal, NCI Thesaurus)

Anidulafungin inhibits 1,3 beta-D-glucan synthase, an enzyme involved in fungal cell wall synthesis, resulting in cell lysis and death.

(Anidulafungin, NCI Thesaurus)

Mechanisms to suppress growth include inhibition of cell wall synthesis; increased cell wall permeability; protein synthesis inhibition; and inhibition of reverse transcriptase and protease.

(Antimicrobial Effect, NCI Thesaurus)

It penetrates cell walls and binds to penicillin-binding protein targets.

(Meropenem, NCI Thesaurus)

Methicillin binds to specific penicillin-binding proteins (BPBs) on the bacterial cell wall, thereby preventing the cross-linkage of peptidoglycans, which are critical components of the bacterial cell wall.

(Methicillin, NCI Thesaurus)

A cell wall fraction of bacillus Calmette-Guerin (BCG) obtained by menthol extraction with immunomodulating properties and potential use in cancer immunotherapy.

(Methanol Extraction Residue of BCG, NCI Thesaurus)

Ferulic acid, a phenolic phytochemical present in plant cell walls, may neutralize free radicals such as reactive oxygen species.

(Angelica Sinensis Root Extract, NCI Thesaurus)

Any spherical shaped bacteria that does not require oxygen to grow or respirate and has a peptidoglycan rich cell wall that stains dark purple with the Gram staining technique.

(Anaerobic Gram Positive Coccus, NCI Thesaurus)

As a result, the cell wall is weakened and the cell lyses.

(Ampicillin Sodium/Sulbactam Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)