| subcellular | 1. Lacking cellular organization, as applied to viruses, which can only replicate within a cell, whether prokaryotic or eukaryotic. Synonym: subcellular. Synonym: acellular. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| subcellular fractions | Components of a cell produced by various separation techniques which, though they disrupt the delicate anatomy of a cell, preserve the structure and physiology of its functioning constituents for biochemical and ultrastructural analysis. (12 Dec 1998) |