endosome

American  

[en-duh-sohm] / ˈɛn dəˌsoʊm /

noun

Cell Biology.

1. 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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Etymology

Origin of endosome

endo- + -some ³

Example Sentences

"We spent a lot of time figuring out how these non-coding RNAs get to the endosome, since that's not where they usually reside," He explained.

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"For the first time, we showed that a protein called SDT2 transports U6 into the endosome, and YTHDF2 travels with it."

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Once YTHDF2 and m6A-modified U6 RNA reach the endosome, YTHDF2 prevents the RNA from activating TLR3.

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Bunnett is a founding scientist of Endosome Therapeutics Inc. Research in Bunnett's laboratory is funded, in part, by Takeda.

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"We had a huge breakthrough when we saw that mtDNA was inside of a mysterious membrane structure once it left mitochondria. After assembling all of the puzzle pieces, we realized that structure was an endosome," Newman said.

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