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A novel membrane complex is required for docking and regulated exocytosis of lysosome-related organelles in Tetrahymena thermophila

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Published in 2022 at "PLoS Genetics"

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010194

Abstract: In the ciliate Tetrahymena thermophila, lysosome-related organelles called mucocysts accumulate at the cell periphery where they secrete their contents in response to extracellular events, a phenomenon called regulated exocytosis. The molecular bases underlying regulated exocytosis… read more here.

Keywords: mucocyst; exocytosis; regulated exocytosis; tetrahymena thermophila ... See more keywords