en·do·cy·to·sis

(ĕn′dō-sī-tō′sĭs)

A process of cellular ingestion by which the plasma membrane folds inward to bring substances into the cell.

en′do·cyt′ic (-sĭt′ĭk), en′do·cy·tot′ic (-sī-tŏt′ĭk) adj.

en′do·cy·tose′ (-tōs′) v.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

endocytosis

(ˌɛndəʊsaɪˈtəʊsɪs)

(Biochemistry) the process by which a living cell takes up molecules bound to its surface

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

en•do•cy•to•sis

(ˌɛn doʊ saɪˈtoʊ sɪs)

n.

the transport of particles into a living cell by the movement of a filled vacuole that has formed from the folding inward of the part of the cell membrane on which the particles rest (disting. from exocytosis).

Compare phagocytosis.

[1960–65]

en`do•cy•tot′ic (-saɪˈtɒt ɪk) adj.

Translations

endocytose

Mentioned in

References in periodicals archive

During feeding, the limited permeability of the adherens junctions helps to confine material released from lysed algae within the narrow space under the animal, where it is absorbed by endocytosis.

Adherens junctions modulate diffusion between epithelial cells in Trichoplax adhaerens

Once the magnetic nanoparticles are entered into the cancer cells through endocytosis they are heated with the help of an external localized and alternating magnetic field.

Magnetic hyperthermia

The desensitized [[beta].sub.2]AR is subsequently redistributed to a coated pit and finally internalized in form of early endosomes by endocytosis (Ferguson, 2001).

[alpha]-Hederin inhibits G protein-coupled receptor kinase 2-mediated phosphorylation of [[beta].sub.2]-adrenergic receptors

Among the other 123 nominally replicable genes, only two genes are components of top-ranked pathways: BAD belongs to the 'VEGF signaling' pathway (pathway #4 in Table 2) and IQSEC3 belongs to the 'endocytosis' pathway (pathway #6 in Table 2).

Gene-based and pathway-based genome-wide association study of alcohol dependence

By facilitating the deformation and scission necessary for endocytosis, the presence of polyunsaturated lipids could explain rapid synaptic vesicle recycling.

The harmony between naturopathic medicine and anti-aging medicine

Endocytosis: A Subject Collection From Cold Springs Harbor Perspectives in Biology

The ruffles thus formed reach out and enclose adherent bacteria within large vesicles by a process of bacteria mediated endocytosis (BME).

Still smouldering: enteric fever

Mutations in the CLCN5 gene encoding the electrogenic chloride/proton exchanger CIC-5 participating in the receptor-mediated endocytosis in the proximal tubule are a causative factor for Dent's disease of type 1.

Dent's disease type 1 in a boy with severe hyperopia and mental dysfunction: a case report

Endocytosis is an energy-using process by which cells absorb molecules (such as proteins) by engulfing them.

Endocytosis

Second is facilitated diffusion, a form of carrier-mediated endocytosis, in which solute molecules bind to specific membrane protein carriers.

Transendothelial transport and its role in therapeutics