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PHAGOSOME [1 record]

Record 1 2006-08-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Cytology
  • Biochemistry
DEF

The membrane-bounded vesicle in a phagocyte formed by invagination of the cell membrane and the phagocytized material.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Cytologie
  • Biochimie
DEF

Vacuole intracytolasmique, provenant de l'endocytose, contenant des substances étrangères à la cellule, et dont le contenu, par fusion avec un lysosome primaire, est hydrolysé et digéré par la cellule.

CONT

(À la deuxième phase de la phagocytose), selon l'état fonctionnel de la cellule phagocytaire et la nature de la particule, celle-ci peut être digérée (après accolement des lysosomes à la vacuole de phagocytose et action des enzymes lysosomiales) [...]

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Citología
  • Bioquímica
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