英语释义
1. a flask-shaped invagination of a cell's plasma membrane that is involved especially in endocytosis by pinching off and forming vesicles in the cytoplasm
2. a flask-shaped invagination of the plasma membrane that is involved especially in endocytosis by pinching off and forming vesicles in the cytoplasm
These findings suggest that the virions entered the cell and were transported to the nucleus through caveolae.
— Tina Petrogiannis-Haliotis et al., The New England Journal of Medicine, 25 Oct. 2001 Note: Caveolae are coated by proteins called caveolins and contain larger amounts of cholesterol and glycosphingolipids than the surrounding plasma membrane.