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ectosome

ectosome noun: an extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane.

Noun

ectosome (plural ectosomes)

  1. An extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane
    • In this work we reveal the underlying cellular mechanisms used during morphogenesis accompanying ectosome regeneration in the homoscleromorph sponge model: Oscarella lobularis.2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of ectosome

pluralectosomes

Origin of ectosome

From ecto- + -some.

Questions about ectosome

What does ectosome mean?
Ectosome means an extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane.
What part of speech is ectosome?
Ectosome is a noun.
What is the plural of ectosome?
The plural of ectosome is ectosomes.

Words near ectosome in the dictionary

  1. ectosarcs
  2. ectoskeletal
  3. ectoskeleton
  4. ectoskeletons
  5. ectosomal
  6. ectosome
  7. ectosomes
  8. ectospermalege
  9. ectospermaleges
  10. ectosphere
  11. ectospheres

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