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Vesicles are small parts of membrane with some component inside of it.
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Vesicles can leave the cell through exocytosis or can enter the cell through endocytosis.
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Clathrin is involved in the making of many vesicles on the cell surface.
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In nerve cells, the neurotransmitter is in vesicles that get released in the active zone of the nerve cell.
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In endocytosis, the vesicles go to early and late endosomes and finally to the highly acidic lysosome, where things are hydrolyzed and broken down.
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