Residual body

Residual body

In lysosomal digestion, residual bodies are vesicles containing indigestible materials. Residual bodies are either secreted by the cell via exocytosis, or they become lipofuscin granules that remain in the cytosol indefinitely.

ee also

* Autophagy
* Phagocytosis

ources

cite book
last = Karp
first = Gerald
title = Cell and Molecular Biology: Concepts and Experiments
publisher = John Wiley & Sons
date = 2005
location = Hoboken, NJ
pages = 311-313
url = http://bcs.wiley.com/he-bcs/Books?action=index&bcsId=1952&itemId=0471465801
id = ISBN 0-471-46580-1


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