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vacuole

[vak-yoo-ohl] / ˈvæk yuˌoʊl /


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The pathogen inside this vacuole then breaks free by utilizing its T6SS to disrupt the surrounding cell membrane.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

The detachment of the protrusion from the cell membrane results in the formation of a vacuole within the neighboring cell.

From Science Daily • Apr. 22, 2024

Burnetti hoped the rhodopsin would find its way into the yeast’s vacuole, an enzyme-laden sac that degrades unneeded proteins.

From Science Magazine • Apr. 18, 2023

Food captured in the oral groove enters a food vacuole, where it combines with digestive enzymes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

I, zoöspores of Trichia, × 300. i, ciliated form; ii, amœboid forms. n, nucleus. v, contractile vacuole.

From Elements of Structural and Systematic Botany For High Schools and Elementary College Courses by Campbell, Douglas Houghton




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