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What is the process called when a vesicle is formed and bonded with the wall and released into the extra cellular space?

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The membrane proteins and the lipids in these vesicles provide new components for the cell's plasma membrane, while the soluble proteins inside the vesicles are secreted to the extracellular space. The fusion of the vesicles with the plasma membrane is called exocytosis.


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