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Nature Cell Biology 4, E169–E171 (1 July 2002) | doi:10.1038/ncb0702-e169
May the force be with you: Myosin-X in phagocytosis
Abstract
In higher organisms, phagocytosis is essential for eliminating infectious agents and for the scavenging of dead cells, whereas in lower unicellular organisms, phagocytosis is associated with food uptake. The phagocytic process can be divided into sequential events, starting with the recognition of the particle by dedicated receptors on the phagocytic cell surface.
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