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English
Etymology
From ecto- + -some.
Noun
ectosome (plural ectosomes)
- An extracellular vesicle assembled at, and released from the plasma membrane
2015 August 14, “Oscarella lobularis (Homoscleromorpha, Porifera) Regeneration: Epithelial Morphogenesis and Metaplasia”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:In this work we reveal the underlying cellular mechanisms used during morphogenesis accompanying ectosome regeneration in the homoscleromorph sponge model: Oscarella lobularis.
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