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Pinocytosis vs Macropinocytosis - What's the difference?

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Macropinocytosis is a related term of pinocytosis.



As nouns the difference between pinocytosis and macropinocytosis

is that pinocytosis is a form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated in vesicles for digestion while macropinocytosis is a form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell.

pinocytosis

English

Noun

(wikipedia pinocytosis) (-)
  • (biology) A form of endocytosis in which material enters a cell through its membrane and is incorporated in vesicles for digestion

    • macropinocytosis

    English

    Noun

    (head)
  • (cytology) A form of endocytosis in which a large fluid-filled vesicle, or macropinosome, is pinched off from the cell membrane and brought into the interior of the cell

    • Derived terms

    * macropinocytic, macropinocytotic

    Related terms

    * macropinosome * pinocytosis

    See also

    * phagocytosis * (wikipedia "macropinocytosis")