WANI Dictionary

Cytosol

Cytosol is the semifluid portion of the cytoplasm. i.e., in a eukaryotic cell, cytosol refers to all substances within the membrane exclusive of the nucleus and organelles.

Definitions in the literature

• The semifluid soluble part of the cytoplasm of cells, which contains the components of the cytoskeleton and in which the cell‘s organelles are suspended [1].
• the fluid portion of the cytoplasm; the substance within the plasma membrane exclusive of the nucleus and organelles [2].