Endosomes (VIDEO)

Howard Hughes Medical Institute

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Cells are filled with small vesicles ¬ membrane-bound sacks that help cells store proteins, break down cellular garbage, and carry cargo. These many varieties of vesicles are indistinguishable from each other under an electron microscope alone. But with cryo-SR/EM, their distinct features become clear. This clip zooms in on endosomes, which shuttle cargo to different regions within the cell.

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D. Hoffman et al./Science 2020

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