exocytosis in English

noun
1
a process by which the contents of a cell vacuole are released to the exterior through fusion of the vacuole membrane with the cell membrane.
Membrane fusion is a key event in many essential cell processes, such as exocytosis , endocytosis, membrane recycling, protein sorting and transport, fertilization, and cell division.

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1. The key difference between Constitutive and regulated exocytosis is that in Constitutive exocytosis, secretory materials are continuously released, while in regulated exocytosis, secretory materials are stably accumulated in secretory vesicles as storage sites.

2. It may also facilitate the recruitment of complexes necessary for exocytosis.

3. Our results indicate that the cAMP-dependent pathway is involved in amylase exocytosis from rat pancreatic acini.

4. The problems of cytochemical identification of acid mucopolysaccharides and the importance of exocytosis for membrane turnover of amoebae are discussed.

5. “Foreign cell acantholysis” is defined as a special type of microacantholysis that occurs in the epidermis in the course of exocytosis.

6. We found that these compounds are highly selective tools to monitor cAMP-dependent PKA activation and its effect on amylase exocytosis from pancreatic acini.

7. Up to 10% cash back  · Two possiblemechanisms for lipid secretion have been proposed: anapical mechanism, in which lipid droplets are enveloped with apical plasma membrane, and Asecretory-vesicle mechanism, in which fat droplets aresurrounded by secretory vesicles in the cytoplasm andare released from the surface by exocytosis fromintracytoplasmic vacuoles.