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Lysosome vs Endosome - What's the difference?

lysosome | endosome |

As nouns the difference between lysosome and endosome

is that lysosome is an organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules while endosome is an endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes.

lysosome

English

(wikipedia lysosome)

Noun

(en noun)
  • (cytology) An organelle found in all types of animal cells which contains a large range of digestive enzymes capable of splitting most biological macromolecules.

    • endosome

    English

    Noun

    (wikipedia endosome) (en noun)
  • (biology) An endocytic vacuole through which molecules internalized during endocytosis pass en route to lysosomes

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