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What is the process associated with the formation and budding of vesicles from the plasma membrane?
What is the process associated with the formation and budding of vesicles from the plasma membrane?
Exocytosis
Name the three different mechanisms involved in the uptake of fluid and macromolecules during endocytosis.
Name the three different mechanisms involved in the uptake of fluid and macromolecules during endocytosis.
Pinocytosis, Phagocytosis, Receptor-mediated endocytosis
What is pinocytosis?
What is pinocytosis?
Nonspecific ingestion of fluid and small protein molecules via small vesicles
What type of process is pinocytosis?
What type of process is pinocytosis?
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What is involved in pinocytotic vesicle scission?
What is involved in pinocytotic vesicle scission?
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What is the process called when a plasma membrane sends out pseudopodia to engulf large particles into phagosomes?
What is the process called when a plasma membrane sends out pseudopodia to engulf large particles into phagosomes?
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What type of endocytosis is generally a receptor-mediated process?
What type of endocytosis is generally a receptor-mediated process?
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What is required in actin-dependent endocytosis for pseudopodial extension?
What is required in actin-dependent endocytosis for pseudopodial extension?
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What is the process that brings molecules and other substances into the cell?
What is the process that brings molecules and other substances into the cell?
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What kind of materials are internalized in phagocytosis without involvement of antibodies and Fc receptors?
What kind of materials are internalized in phagocytosis without involvement of antibodies and Fc receptors?
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What are the two major forms of vesicular transport?
What are the two major forms of vesicular transport?
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What process allows specific molecules to enter the cell?
What process allows specific molecules to enter the cell?
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Which form of endocytosis involves the cell engulfing solid particles or large molecules?
Which form of endocytosis involves the cell engulfing solid particles or large molecules?
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What are the smooth-surfaced vesicles shown in the electron micrograph indicative of?
What are the smooth-surfaced vesicles shown in the electron micrograph indicative of?
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What is the process where the cell takes in fluid and solutes into small vesicles?
What is the process where the cell takes in fluid and solutes into small vesicles?
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In which process does the cell release substances from vesicles to the outside environment?
In which process does the cell release substances from vesicles to the outside environment?
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What type of transport involves an expenditure of energy to move substances against their concentration gradient?
What type of transport involves an expenditure of energy to move substances against their concentration gradient?
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