- In cell biology, a
phagosome is a
vesicle formed around a
particle engulfed by a
phagocyte via phagocytosis.
Professional phagocytes include macrophages...
-
particle (≥ 0.5 μm),
giving rise to an
internal compartment called the
phagosome. It is one type of endocytosis. A cell that
performs phagocytosis is called...
- phagolysosome, or endolysosome, is a
cytoplasmic body
formed by the
fusion of a
phagosome with a
lysosome in a
process that
occurs during phagocytosis. Formation...
-
around the particle. A
phagosome is a
cellular compartment in
which pathogenic microorganisms can be
killed and digested.
Phagosomes fuse with lysosomes...
- (or
phagosome)
fuses with a
lysosome containing hydrolytic enzymes to form a phagolysosome; the
pathogens or food
particles within the
phagosome are then...
- When a
macrophage ingests a pathogen, the
pathogen becomes trapped in a
phagosome,
which then
fuses with a lysosome.
Within the phagolysosome,
enzymes and...
- been
implicated to
traffic the
endocytosed phagosome to
intracellular lysosomes,
where fusion of the
phagosome and the
lysosome produces a phagolysosome...
-
peculiar to mycobacteria, TB
bacteria block the
fusion of
their enclosing phagosome with
lysosomes which would destroy the bacteria.
Thereby TB can continue...
- the
phagosome. As the
fungus is
thermally dimorphic,
these microconidia are
transformed into yeast. They grow and
multiply inside the
phagosome. The...
- phagocyte, the
bacterium is
trapped in a
compartment called a
phagosome.
Within one
minute the
phagosome merges with
either a
lysosome or a
granule to form a phagolysosome...
