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exocytosis

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exocytosis (countable and uncountable, plural exocytoses)

(biology) The secretion of substances through cellular membranes, either to excrete waste products or as a regulatory function.

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Based on these observations, they developed the 'quantal hypothesis' that is the basis for our current understanding of neurotransmitter release as exocytosis and for which they received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1970. Source: Internet

For example, when the pH in the cells environment drops, the H + ions surging into the cytosol can be transferred to a vacuole in order to keep the cytosol's pH constant. citation In animals, vacuoles serve in exocytosis and endocytosis processes. Source: Internet

The fourth is an axonal protein associated with the exocytosis complex. Source: Internet

Endocytosis refers to when substances are taken into the cell, whereas for exocytosis substances are moved from the cell into the extracellular space. Source: Internet

The release of a neurotransmitter is triggered by the arrival of a nerve impulse (or action potential ) and occurs through an unusually rapid process of cellular secretion ( exocytosis ). Source: Internet

These cargo proteins are modified and destined for secretion via exocytosis or for use in the cell. Source: Internet

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