endocytosis
A Dictionary of Zoology | Date: 1999
endocytosis The mechanism by which a
cell engulfs large material by the invagination of the
cell membrane to form a
vesicle or
vacuole. See also
PHAGOCYTOSIS;
PINOCYTOSIS.
© A Dictionary of Zoology 1999, originally published by Oxford University Press 1999.
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