vacuole

Introduction

A clear space in a tissue. Intracellularly, vacuoles may form as clear spaces around a foreign body serving as a temporary digestive organ for degradation of the foreign body.

More general terms

• organelle

More specific terms

• endosome (phagosome)

Additional terms

• vacuolar ATP synthase (v ATPase) or endomembrane proton pump
• vacuolar protein sorting-associated protein (VPS)
• vacuolar sorting protein
• VPS10 domain-containing protein (VPS10)