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Any small organelle, bounded by a lipid‐bilayer membrane, that contains stored material. For example, mast‐cell storage granules contain histamine, while those of pancreatic B cells contain insulin; in both cases ...

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storage granule
in Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (2) Length: 63 words
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