justadream Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Apr 29, 2011 Messages 2,171 Reaction score 863 Sep 4, 2014 #1 Members don't see this ad. Platelets have ribosomes. Since platelets are derived from blood cells, do platelets have ribosomes?
Members don't see this ad. Platelets have ribosomes. Since platelets are derived from blood cells, do platelets have ribosomes?
type12 Full Member 10+ Year Member Joined Jun 12, 2012 Messages 1,180 Reaction score 425 Sep 4, 2014 #2 Yes, they do. They also have other organelles. Upvote 0 Downvote
Cawolf PGY-2 10+ Year Member Joined Feb 27, 2013 Messages 3,469 Reaction score 2,287 Sep 4, 2014 #3 When maturing they have organelles but a mature RBC is mostly a giant sac of hemoglobin. They lack ribosomes when mature. They do not replicate, produce proteins, or use aerobic respiration. Last edited: Sep 4, 2014 Upvote 0 Downvote
When maturing they have organelles but a mature RBC is mostly a giant sac of hemoglobin. They lack ribosomes when mature. They do not replicate, produce proteins, or use aerobic respiration.
AndyK Full Member 10+ Year Member 15+ Year Member Joined Sep 24, 2007 Messages 530 Reaction score 5 Sep 5, 2014 #4 Normal, mature red cells do not have a nucleus. Without a nucleus, there's no DNA being transcribed into RNA, and therefore no RNA to be translated into proteins via ribosomes. Upvote 0 Downvote
Normal, mature red cells do not have a nucleus. Without a nucleus, there's no DNA being transcribed into RNA, and therefore no RNA to be translated into proteins via ribosomes.