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exocytosis
[ ek-soh-sahy-toh-sis ]
noun
- the transport of material out of a cell by means of a sac or vesicle that first engulfs the material and then is extruded through an opening in the cell membrane ( endocytosis ).
exocytosis
/ ˌɛəʊɪˈəʊɪ /
noun
- a process by which material is exported from a biological cell
Other yvlog Forms
- ···ٴdz· [ek-soh-sahy-, tot, -ik], adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of exocytosis1
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Example Sentences
Among the research topics listed on her university webpage are coronaviruses but also “intracellular protein trafficking” and “exocytosis of large cargo.”
This could happen by building in a rudimentary form of exocytosis, for example, whereby a membrane-bound sac containing the molecule would be released by fusing with the compartment’s outer membrane.
Regulation of exocytosis by the exocyst subunit Sec6 and the SM protein Sec1.
Synaptotagmin VII as a plasma membrane Ca2+ sensor in exocytosis.
Stevens, C. F. & Wesseling, J. F. Activity-dependent modulation of the rate at which synaptic vesicles become available to undergo exocytosis.
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