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Descriptor English: Pinocytosis
Descriptor Spanish: Pinocitosis
Descriptor pinocitosis
Scope note: Captación de líquidos por las células mediante un proceso de invaginación y cierre de la membrana celular formando vacuolas llenas de líquido.
Descriptor Portuguese: Pinocitose
Descriptor French: Pinocytose
Entry term(s): Pinocytoses
Tree number(s): G04.417.370
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D010873
Scope note: The engulfing of liquids by cells by a process of invagination and closure of the cell membrane to form fluid-filled vacuoles.
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 66
History Note: 66(64)
DeCS ID: 11306
Unique ID: D010873
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Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2016/06/17
Pinocytosis - Preferred
Concept UI M0016878
Scope note The engulfing of liquids by cells by a process of invagination and closure of the cell membrane to form fluid-filled vacuoles.
Preferred term Pinocytosis
Entry term(s) Pinocytoses



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