vesicle
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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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Cell Biology - Middle School
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Cell Biology - High School
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