Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A process of cellular ingestion by which the plasma membrane folds inward to bring substances into the cell.
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- noun cytology The process by which the
plasma membrane of acell folds inwards toingest material.
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Examples
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LRP1 is also up-regulated in many tumors, therefore once in the brain, GRN1005 may gain entry into tumor cells using the same receptor by a process known as endocytosis.
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Nerve cells use this same vesicle-making mechanism, called endocytosis, to maintain signaling from one cell to another.
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The binding protein, endophilin-A plays an important role in regulating synaptic vesicle endocytosis, that is the formation, as well as recycling of synaptic vesicles.
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The binding protein, endophilin-A plays an important role in regulating synaptic vesicle endocytosis, that is the formation, as well as recycling of synaptic vesicles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The binding protein, endophilin-A plays an important role in regulating synaptic vesicle endocytosis, that is the formation, as well as recycling of synaptic vesicles.
PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories 2010
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The extra membrane is then captured in a process called endocytosis and recycled to form a new vesicle to enable the next cycle of release.
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Our results suggest that OCRL1 exists as two functional pools, one participating in clathrin-mediated trafficking events such as endocytosis and another that is much less or not involved in this process.
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It may also activate a process called endocytosis, where it binds to the receptor and then the whole complex is swallowed up by the cell, and it may inhibit a protein called p95. "
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However, some may enter, as yet, by a process known as endocytosis.
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The illustration in Figure 7 demonstrates endocytosis membrane transport.
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