Talk:Endocytosis
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Endocytosis vs phagocytosis
editAs far as I know, endocytosis and phagocytosis are two separated ways of intake of matter, not the one being the form of another. Phagocytosis is active, mediated by pseudopodia, while endocytosis is not. --Eleassar777 23:35, 5 Feb 2005 (UTC) No phagocytosis is a form of endocytosis and other forms of endocytosis are activeHarvey McMahon 09:22, 11 May 2007 (UTC)
UK standards?
editHm...I'm confused again. Acording to a As-level textbook, "Biology 1" endorsed by OCR, phagocytosis is only restricted to phagocyte engulfing a pathogen. Other cells "eating" other materials are referred as endocytosis. Why is that? Cherubfish 17:12, 14 May 2006 (UTC)
Endo/Excocytosis
editAlso i'm not sure (being a relatively new student) but isn't it also true that exo and endocytosis happen by fairly unconnected mechanisms? So it isn't really true to call them opposites. -Unknown
- The molecular mechanisms that control endo and exocytosis can indeed be different. However here what is meant is that the function of endocytosis is the opposite of that of exocytosis. -Unknown — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.36.64.135 (talk) 13:37, 6 December 2012 (UTC)