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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Endosomes
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Endosomes
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Endosomes

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Endosomes  

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  • Receptosome
  • Receptosomes

Scope note

  • Cytoplasmic vesicles formed when COATED VESICLES shed their CLATHRIN coat. Endosomes internalize macromolecules bound by receptors on the cell surface.

History note

  • 95; was RECEPTOSOMES 1983-94

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