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pexophagosome

pexophagosome noun: an intracellular vesicle involved in the degradation of peroxisome by macropexophagy.

Noun

pexophagosome (plural pexophagosomes)

  1. An intracellular vesicle involved in the degradation of peroxisome by macropexophagy

Forms of pexophagosome

pluralpexophagosomes

Origin of pexophagosome

From pexophagy + -some.

Questions about pexophagosome

What does pexophagosome mean?
Pexophagosome means an intracellular vesicle involved in the degradation of peroxisome by macropexophagy.
What part of speech is pexophagosome?
Pexophagosome is a noun.
What is the plural of pexophagosome?
The plural of pexophagosome is pexophagosomes.

Words near pexophagosome in the dictionary

  1. PEX
  2. pexacerfont
  3. pexelizumab
  4. pexiganan
  5. pexophagic
  6. pexophagosome
  7. pexophagosomes
  8. pexophagy
  9. pey
  10. peyek
  11. Peyer

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