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vesicle

[ves-i-kuhl] / ˈvɛs ɪ kəl /


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As the pocket expands, it wraps around the virus and forms a vesicle.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

The cell then pulls this vesicle inward, where the coat dissolves and releases the virus.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

To unravel this mechanism, they created a computer model of a vesicle containing active cytoskeletal components used for movement.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

The vesicle fuses with a lysosome, and proteins inside the lysosome digest the food particle.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The foremost or anterior vesicle, however, is of the very greatest importance, and its subsequent changes are more marked than either of the other two.

From Embryology The Beginnings of Life by Leighton, Gerald R.