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endosome

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endosome /en·do·some/ (en´do-sōm)
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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Association of gamma-secretase with lipid rafts in post-Golgi and endosome membranes.
IFN[alpha]/[beta] induction is also stimulated by the presence of viral RNA and DNA in the endosome through the action of TLR3, TLR7, TLRS, or TLR9 (7).
 
 
 
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