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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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