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endocytosis

[ en-doh-sahy-toh-sis ]

noun

Physiology.
  1. the transport of solid matter or liquid into a cell by means of a coated vacuole or vesicle ( exocytosis ).


endocytosis

/ ˌɛԻəʊɪˈəʊɪ /

noun

  1. the process by which a living cell takes up molecules bound to its surface
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other yvlog Forms

  • ··· [en-doh-, sit, -ik], ···ٴdz· [en-doh-sahy-, tot, -ik], adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of endocytosis1

1960–65; endo- + -cyte + -osis, perhaps on the model of phagocytosis
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They found that MYCT1 regulates a process called endocytosis, which plays a key role in how blood stem cells take in the signals from their environment that tell them when to self-renew, when to differentiate and when to be quiet.

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The team observed some puzzling results: the cell didn't simply take-up FERONIA-LLG1 into the cell, a process known as endocytosis and a typical response; every cell membrane molecule the team tested was affected.

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When the cell takes in the double-stranded RNA complex, it forms a membrane around the RNA that then buds off — a process called endocytosis.

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The more common CHC17 form is found in all tissues and handles endocytosis—moving proteins inside the cell from the cell surface—while the CHC22 form is most highly expressed in muscle and fat and is not involved in endocytosis.

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Xiao, K. et al. p120-Catenin regulates clathrin-dependent endocytosis of VE-cadherin.

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