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  2. Pinocytosis - Wikipedia

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    Non-specific, adsorptive pinocytosis is a form of endocytosis, a process in which small particles are taken in by a cell by splitting off small vesicles from the cell membrane. [7] Cationic proteins bind to the negative cell surface and are taken up via the clathrin -mediated system, thus the uptake is intermediate between receptor-mediated ...

  3. Endocytosis - Wikipedia

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    Endocytosis is a cellular process in which substances are brought into the cell. The material to be internalized is surrounded by an area of cell membrane, which then buds off inside the cell to form a vesicle containing the ingested materials. Endocytosis includes pinocytosis (cell drinking) and phagocytosis (cell eating). It is a form of ...

  4. Cytosis - Wikipedia

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    Endocytosis is when a cell absorbs a molecule, such as a protein, from outside the cell by engulfing it with the cell membrane. It is used by most cells, because many critical substances are large polar molecules that cannot pass through the cell membrane. The two major types of endocytosis are pinocytosis and phagocytosis.

  5. Active transport - Wikipedia

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    Endocytosis and exocytosis are both forms of bulk transport that move materials into and out of cells, respectively, via vesicles. [34] In the case of endocytosis, the cellular membrane folds around the desired materials outside the cell. [35] The ingested particle becomes trapped within a pouch, known as a vesicle, inside the cytoplasm.

  6. Endomembrane system - Wikipedia

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    Material to be taken-in is surrounded by the plasma membrane, and then transferred to a vacuole. There are two types of endocytosis, phagocytosis (cell eating) and pinocytosis (cell drinking). In phagocytosis, cells engulf large particles such as bacteria. Pinocytosis is the same process, except the substances being ingested are in the fluid ...

  7. Cell physiology - Wikipedia

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    Receptor-mediated endocytosis is a form of pinocytosis where a cell takes in specific molecules or solutes. Proteins with receptor sites are located on the plasma membrane, binding to specific solutes. The receptor proteins that are attached to the specific solutes go inside coated pits, forming a vesicle.

  8. Intracellular transport - Wikipedia

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    One very well understood form of intracellular transport is known as endocytosis. Endocytosis is defined as the uptake of material by the invagination of the plasma membrane. [ 4 ] More specifically, eukaryotic cells use endocytosis of the uptake of nutrients, down regulation of growth factor receptors’ and as a mass regulator of the ...

  9. Potocytosis - Wikipedia

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    Like other types of receptor-mediated endocytosis, potocytosis typically begins when an extracellular ligand binds to a receptor protein on the surface of a cell, thus beginning the formation of an endocytotic vesicle. The ligand is usually of low molecular mass (e.g. vitamins), but some larger molecules (such as lipids) can also act as ligands.