endoplasmic reticulum
n=2
a: Endoplasmic reticulum ~
b: a massive shipping facility
What:
"About a third of the proteins in the human body go through the ER. The ER is like a massive shipping facility that folds, packages, and exports proteins to destinations inside and outside of the cell. "
Useful?
Writer: Jason Bardi
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Where:
Date: Oct 8 2014 4:18 PM
# 6493 Critique Analogy
The Endoplasmic Reticulum As Luggage System
a: The endoplasmic reticulum ~
b: the luggage conveyer at an airport
What: "The endoplasmic reticulum is like a tiny luggage conveyer at an airport because it moves packages, your luggage and whatever else you might have checked onto the plane from one part of the airport to another."
Useful?
Writer: A. Fairweather
LCC:
Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated
Date: Dec 21 2011 11:33 PM
# 1586 Critique Analogy
METAMIA is a free database of analogy and metaphor. Anyone can contribute or search. The subject matter can be anything. Science is popular, but poetry is encouraged. The goal is to integrate our fluid muses with the stark literalism of a relational database. Metamia is like a girdle for your muses, a cognitive girdle.