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Latest comment: 2 months ago by Petr Karel in topic Ejectisome vs ejectosome

Ejectisome vs ejectosome

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  • The term ejectisome is usually used (especially in protistology) for a cellular organelle (a kind of extrusome) of an eukaryotic cell used for defence or immobilizing prey., ,...
  • Ejectosome is usually used for a macromolecular structure of the virus genome ejection machinery or an actin structure of the infecting bacteria (e.g. mycobacteria) for rupturing the plasma membrane to escape from the phagosome into cytoplasm.

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The article (or at least the intro introducing both terms) should be split.

The term ejectisome is not a misspelling of ejectosome, as written in the wictionary. Petr Karel (talk) 14:13, 21 July 2026 (UTC)Reply