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pinocytosis

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pinocytosis: see endocytosis endocytosis (ĕn'dōsītō`səs), in biology, process by which substances are taken into the cell .
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Phagocytosis and pinocytosis are distinguished by the size of endocytic vesicles formed.
human serum albumin, ferritin, and endotoxins) can be transported via pinocytosis.
Botulinum toxins are taken up by nerve cells through pinocytosis and mediate their action by binding to neuromuscular junctions and preventing acetylcholine release leading to muscular paralysis (16).
 
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