Macropinocytosis: Functions and Mechanisms

This book presents the functions and mechanisms of macropinocytosis, an actin-driven endocytic uptake process.

Key points, including the evolutionary origins of macropinocytosis and major signaling pathways that regulate this uptake mechanism, are highlighted. A wide-array of functions of macropinocytosis are described, including cellular metabolism, cell death, cell migration and antigen presentation. Macropinocytosis has recently been recognized...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030940063
• ISBN13: 9783030940065
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.2"