Look up: endocytosis

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   Endocytosis
   Ingestion of particulate matter, fluid or virus by phagocytosis or pinocytosis; i.e., bringing material into a cell by invagination of its surface membrane, then pinching off the invaginated portion as a vacule.
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   Endocytosis
   refers to the process in which a cell internally recycles part of its own membrane; for example, neurotransmitter receptors or fused vesicle membrane in the presynaptic nerve terminal
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   endocytosis
   Uptake of material into a cell by the formation of a membrane-bound vesicle.
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   endocytosis
   Uptake of material into a cell by the formation of a membrane bound vesicle. ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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   Endocytosis
   `Endocytosis` is a process whereby cells absorb material (molecules such as proteins) from the outside by engulfing it with their cell membrane. It is used by all cells of the body because most substances important to them are large polar molecules, and thus cannot pass through the hydrophobic plasma membrane. The function of endocytosis is the opposite of exocytosis.
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   endocytosis
   (en″do-si-to´sis) the uptake by a cell of material from the environment by invagination of the plasma membrane; it includes both phagocytosis and pinocytosis.
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   endocytosis
   (from the article `virus`) ...enclosed not by walls but by a flexible lipoprotein bilayer membrane. Most animal viruses, whether or not they are encased in lipid envelopes, ... [5 related articles]
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   endocytosis
   Internalization of substances from the extracellular environment through the formation of vesicles formed from the plasma membrane. There are two forms: (a) fluid phase (pinocytosis), and (b) receptor mediated. See Also: phagocytosis Cf. exocytosis 2 [endo- + G. kytos, cell, + -osis, condition]
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   endocytosis
   A process whereby cells engulf and take in material that lies outside their cell membranes. Endocytosis involves the formation of a vesicle called an endosome from part of the cell membrane. The food is eventually engulfed into the vesicle, which then moves further into the cell where it meets a lys...
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    endocytosis
    endocytosis (en"dōsītō'sus) , in biology, process by which substances are taken into the cell. When the cell membrane comes into contact with a suitable food, a portion of the cell cytoplasm surges forward to meet and surround the material and a depression forms within the ...
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