Given the rate of endocytosis, the rate at which exocytosed membrane could extend the front of a fibroblast is ∼1 μm per min. Indeed, this is the speed with which these cells extend forwards ...

By contrast, the bulk of endocytosis is often viewed as a constitutive process that ensures the continuous recycling of membrane components. In a recent paper (Mol. Cell 7, 421–432; 2001 ...

One key process in maintaining this equilibrium is endocytosis, the mechanism by which membrane components are internalised. Organisms have evolved various endocytic pathways, all relying on ...

Endocytosis and degradation of the membrane receptors in the lysosome controls the activation of intracellular signaling pathways, but the mechanisms that control the endocytosis itself are largely ...

In order to do this, cells have to use certain methods of transport ... and enclosed within membrane-bound carriers. Cells use many different mechanisms for endocytosis. In clathrin-mediated ...