Vacuole

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Contents 1 More Specific Terms 2 Introduction 3 More General Terms 4 Additional Terms 5 References

More Specific Terms

• endosome (phagosome)

Introduction

• A clear space in a tissue. Intracellularly, vacuoles may form as clear spaces around a foreign body serving as a temporary digestive organ for degradation of the foreign body.

More General Terms

• organelle

Additional Terms

• vacuolar ATP synthase (v ATPase) or endomembrane proton pump
• vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein (VPS)
• vacuolar sorting protein
• VPS10 domain-containing protein (VPS10)

References

Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999.

vacuole