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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

In certain cases, the researchers also varied the pH and the ratios of the components to better understand how these factors impacted vesicle formation.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

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

As the food particle is consumed, it is encapsulated in a vesicle.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

The result of this structure is, that the liquid contained within the pock—the lymph—escapes only partly through a puncture made in the wall of the vesicle.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various




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