endosome
[ en-duh-sohm ]
nounCell Biology.
a smooth sac within the cell, formed by or fused with coated vesicles that shed their clathrin, in which ligands are separated from their receptors and from which the receptors are returned to the cell surface.
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Omicron was able to infect cells that don’t have an endosome back door but do have TMPRSS2.
How omicron’s mutations make it the most infectious coronavirus variant yet | Tina Hesman Saey | March 1, 2022 | Science NewsStill, some researchers are not convinced that omicron uses the endosome back door into cells.
How omicron’s mutations make it the most infectious coronavirus variant yet | Tina Hesman Saey | March 1, 2022 | Science News
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