Compartmentalization (biology)

Compartmentalization (biology)

In biology, compartmentalization mainly refers to the formation of cellular compartments. However, it may also refer to cellular aggregations, e.g. the tendency of erythrocytes and macrophages to gather around blood vessels in the bone marrow.


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