retroendocytosis
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retroendocytosis
the process by which some particles, e.g. low-density lipoproteins, are released, after receptor-binding and endocytosis, back into the medium rather than being degraded within lysosomes.
| retro+, retinyl, retinoyl | |
| retrogene, retrogradation, retrograde |
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