pinosome


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pinosome

[′pin·ə‚sōm]
(cell and molecular biology)
A closed intracellular vesicle containing material captured by pinocytosis.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Formation and behavior of pinosomes in the sea urchin oocyte during oogenesis.
Nutritive phagocyte incubation chambers provide a structural and nutritive microenvironment for germ cells of Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis, the green sea urchin
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