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Exocytosis

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Definition: Cellular release of material within membrane-limited vesicles by fusion of the vesicles with the CELL MEMBRANE.     
Examples Cell Degranulation; Secretory Pathway; Transcytosis
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Sec6l1 protein, mouse  0   *Carrier Proteins Exocytosis.
Caps protein, rat  0   *Calcium-Binding Proteins Exocytosis.
CADPS protein, human  0   *Calcium-Binding Proteins *Vesicular Transport Proteins Exocytosis. Genomics 2003 Mar;81(3):279-91; J Biol Chem 1997 Aug 8;272(32):19637-40
EXO70 protein, S cerevisiae  0   *Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins *Vesicular Transport Proteins Exocytosis. EMBO J 1996 Dec 2;15(23):6483-94
parafusin protein, Paramecium  159844-39-0   *Phosphoglucomutase *Phosphoproteins *Protozoan Proteins Exocytosis. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 1994 May 16;200(3):1353-8

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