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endosome
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endosome /en·do·some/ (en´do-som)
1. in endocytosis, a vesicle that has lost its coat of clathrin.
2. a nucleolus-like, intranuclear, RNA-containing organelle of certain flagellate protozoa that persists during mitosis.
endosome
intracellular vesicles formed from the cell membrane which are involved in intracellular transport.
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After internalization of bacteria, the endosome ceases to mature and does not accumulate markers of late endosomes or phagolysosomes (27).
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Organelles called endosomes then split off from these buds.
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