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macropinocytic

macropinocytic adjective: relating to a macropinosome.

Adjective

macropinocytic (not comparable)

  1. relating to a macropinosome
    • Here, we show that MARCO was internalized either by ruffling of plasma membrane followed by macropinocytosis or by endocytosis followed by fusion with autophagosome in CHO-K1 cells stably transfected with GFP-MARCO. The macropinocytic process generated large vesicles when the plasma membrane...2015 November 7, “Macrophage Receptor with Collagenous Structure (MARCO) Is Processed by either Macropinocytosis or Endocytosis-Autophagy Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
  2. relating to macropinocytosis

Origin of macropinocytic

From macro- + pinocytic.

Questions about macropinocytic

What does macropinocytic mean?
Macropinocytic means relating to a macropinosome.
What part of speech is macropinocytic?
Macropinocytic is an adjective.

Words near macropinocytic in the dictionary

  1. macropia
  2. macropinacoid
  3. macropinacoidal
  4. macropinacoids
  5. macropine
  6. macropinocytic
  7. macropinocytose
  8. macropinocytosed
  9. macropinocytoses
  10. macropinocytosis
  11. macropinocytotic

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