macropinocytic

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English

Etymology

From macro- +‎ pinocytic.

Adjective

macropinocytic (not comparable)

  1. relating to a macropinosome
    • 2015 November 7, “Macrophage Receptor with Collagenous Structure (MARCO) Is Processed by either Macropinocytosis or Endocytosis-Autophagy Pathway”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI:
      Here, we show that MARCO was internalized either by ruffling of plasma membrane followed by macropinocytosis or by endocytosis followed by fusion with autophagosome in CHO-K1 cells stably transfected with GFP-MARCO. The macropinocytic process generated large vesicles when the plasma membrane subsided.
  2. relating to macropinocytosis