Fluorescent Lysosome Probes Fluorescent Probes and Dyes

Lysosomal Structure and Function

There are between 50 and 1000 lysosomes distributed throughout the cytoplasm of a typical animal cell, (note that primitive animal cells, fungi and plant cells have a similar although distinct set of organelles called vacuoles, which have a different enzyme make up and different functions to a lysosome). Lysosomes vary in size from 0.1 μm to 1.2 μm, depending on location and cellular function, although the factors regulating lysosome size remain ...