vesicle
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When the team applied zap-and-freeze to the human tissue samples, they found the same vesicle recycling steps occurring in human neurons.
From Science Daily • Dec. 1, 2025
The classical explanation of how autophagy works is that the cellular "garbage" to be dealt with is sequestered in a membrane-surrounded vesicle, and ultimately delivered to lysosomes for degradation.
From Science Daily • Jan. 4, 2024
Similarly, when they blocked synaptic vesicle production by hair follicle cells, they were no longer able to signal to the sensory nerves.
From Science Daily • Oct. 27, 2023
The vesicle fuses with a lysosome, and proteins inside the lysosome digest the food particle.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
N.Y., in 1870, a surgeon inoculated himself while opening a vesicle on the hand of a farmer.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
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Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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