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Vesicles

Vesicles are fluid filled sacs formed from single membranes.They are used for storage and transport. They may bud off from other membranous organelles called the endoplasmic reticulum and the Golgi apparatus and contain lipids or peptides.Vesicles form naturally during the processes of secretion (exocytosis) and uptake (endocytosis) of substances in or out of the cells.

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Specification: OCR Biology A (H020), AS-level, 2.1.1 Cell structure. Topic: Cell Structure.

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organelle
A membrane-bound structure within a cell with a specific structure suited to a specific function.

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