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What does endosome mean?

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Noun
  1. (biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes
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In this process the cell membrane engulfs portions of the external medium, forms an almost complete sphere around it, and then draws the membrane-bounded vesicle, called an endosome, into the cell.
There is substantial experience of using photosensitiser compounds in therapy but not in terms of redeeming the molecule from the endosome.
In an acidic environment, the membrane of an enveloped virus fuses with the endosome membrane, and the viral nucleocapsid is released into the cytoplasm.
Movie 1: movement of a magnetic endosome on a fluorescent microtubule.
They have found that if they inject photosensitisers into the patient at the same time as they inject the drug, the photosensitisers are absorbed into the membrane of the endosome.
During endocytosis, the cell membrane on which the toxin sits gradually encircles the protein complex in an acidic sac or endosome.

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