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exosomes

exosomes is the plural of exosome.

Meaning of exosome

Noun

exosome (plural exosomes)

  1. An intracellular macromolecular protein complex involved in RNA degradation.
  2. An extracellular vesicle released from the endosomal compartment of eukaryotic cells, responsible for the selective removal of plasma membrane protein.

Questions about exosomes

What is exosomes the plural of?
Exosomes is the plural of exosome.

Words near exosomes in the dictionary

  1. exosomatic
  2. exosomatically
  3. exosome
  4. exosome complex
  5. exosome complexes
  6. exosomes
  7. exosomic
  8. exosomopathies
  9. exosomopathy
  10. exosortase
  11. exosortases

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