1) Receptosome
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In biology, an endosome is a membrane-bounded compartment inside eukaryotic cells. It is a compartment of the endocytic membrane transport pathway from the plasma membrane to the lysosome. Molecules internalized from the plasma membrane can follow this pathway all the way to lysosomes for degradation, or they can be recycled back to the plasma mem...
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(from the article `virus`) ...pit, which is lined by a special protein known as clathrin. As the coated pit invaginates, it is pinched off in the cytoplasm to form a coated ...
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1. <cell biology> Endocytotic vesicle derived from the plasma membrane. More specifically an acidic nonlysosomal compartment in which receptor ligand complexes dissociate. ... 2. A chromatinic body near the centre of a vesicular nucleus in some protozoa. ... Origin: Gr. Soma = body ... (18 Nov 1997) ...
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Nucleous-like organelle that does not disappear during mitosis.
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(1) Endocytotic vesicle derived from the plasma membrane. More specifically an acidic non-lysosomal compartment in which receptor-ligand complexes dissociate. (2) A chromatinic body near the centre of a vesicular nucleus in some protozoa.
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Type: Term Pronunciation: en′dō-sōm Definitions: 1. A more or less central body in the vesicular nucleus of certain Feulgen-negative (DNA−) protozoa (trypanosomes, parasitic amebae, and phytoflagellates), with the chromatin (DNA
+) lying between the nuclear membrane and the endosome.
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a smooth sac within the cell, formed by or fused with coated vesicles that shed their clathrin, in which ligands are separated from their receptors and from which the receptors are returned to the cell surface.
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