Through a process called phagocytosis, the amoeba encloses the yeast cell with its membrane and draws it inside. Specialized plasma membrane proteins in the amoeba (in green) are involved in this ...

Exocytosis is the process by which cytoplasmic secretory vesicles fuse with the cellular membrane, releasing contents to the extracellular space. The extrusion of large extracellular vesicles is ...

This allows us to use powerful molecular techniques to dissect autophagy in a simple model system. In addition, as Dictyostelium exclusively use phagocytosis and macropinocytosis to take up nutrients, ...