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Q. Heterophagosome is

JIPMERJIPMER 2006Cell : The Unit of Life

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Heterophagosome or secondary lysosome is formed by the fusion of food containing phagosome with primary lysosome (having hydrolytic or digestive enzymes). Digestion occurs which results in the passing of digested food into the cytoplasm and undigested food is left within secondary lysosomes.