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ectosomes

ectosomes is the plural of ectosome.

Meaning of ectosome

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

Questions about ectosomes

What is ectosomes the plural of?
Ectosomes is the plural of ectosome.

Words near ectosomes in the dictionary

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

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