And the number of English language learners has increased by 65 percent between 1993 and 2004 compared to barely a 7 percent increase in the total K12 population, according to a 2006 study by the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition.
Exocytosis. Photo by: Alila. Exocytosis is the cellular process in which intracellular vesicles in the cytoplasm fuse with the plasma membrane and release or secrete their contents into the extracellular space. Exocytosis can be constitutive (occurring all the time) or regulated. Constitutive exocytosis is important in transporting proteins like receptors that function in the plasma membrane. Regulated exocytosis is triggered when a cell receives a signal from the outside.
The action is one of exocytosis: the vesicle and the cell membrane fuse, allowing the proteins and glycoproteins in the vesicle to be released to the cell exterior. As secretory vesicles fuse with the cell membrane, the area of the cell membrane increases. Normal size is regained by the reuptake of membrane components through endocytosis. Regions bud in from the cell membrane and then fuse with internal membranes to effect recycling.