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vesicle

[ves-i-kuhl] / ˈvɛs ɪ kəl /


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The cell then pulls this vesicle inward, where the coat dissolves and releases the virus.

From Science Daily • Dec. 4, 2025

The findings speak to the value of using universal adult donor cells to create these extracellular vesicle therapies, the researchers said, because they don't carry the risk of generating an immune response.

From Science Daily • May 16, 2024

They then used fluorescent dyes to inspect the mixtures and judge if vesicle formation had taken place.

From Science Daily • Feb. 29, 2024

The vesicle fuses with a lysosome, and proteins inside the lysosome digest the food particle.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

Definite sensory cells are also present with rod-like structures projecting into the lumen of the vesicle.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" by Various