The internalization of bacteria, immune complexes, and other particulate matter by phagocytosis including the membrane and cytoskeletal processes required, which involves one of three mechanisms: zippering of pseudopods around a target via repeated receptor-ligand interactions, sinking of the target directly into plasma membrane of the phagocyte, or induced uptake via an enhanced membrane ruffling of the phagocyte similar to macropinocytosis.

Interacting selectively with any glycan (polysaccharide) containing a substantial proportion of aminomonosaccharide residues.

The chemical reactions involving any ribonucleoside, a nucleoside in which pyrimidine base is linked to a ribose (beta-D-ribofuranose) molecule.

positive regulation of gene-specific transcription

Any process that activates or increases the rate of the DNA-dependent transcription of a specific gene or genes.

The directed movement of molecules between the nucleus and the cytoplasm.

The process by which cells digest parts of their own cytoplasm; allows for both recycling of macromolecular constituents under conditions of nutrient limitation and remodeling the intracellular structure for cell differentiation.

A form of programmed cell death induced by external or internal signals that trigger the activity of proteolytic caspases, whose actions dismantle the cell and result in cell death. Apoptosis begins internally with condensation and subsequent fragmentation of the cell nucleus (blebbing) while the plasma membrane remains intact. Other characteristics of apoptosis include DNA fragmentation and the exposition of phosphatidylserine.

The breakdown into simpler components of one of a family of organic molecules consisting of a pyrimidine base covalently bonded to a sugar ribose (a ribonucleoside) or deoxyribose (a deoxyribonucleoside).

A process which directly inhibits any of the steps required for cell death by apoptosis.

Protrusion from a dendrite. Spines are specialised subcellular compartments involved in the synaptic transmission. They are linked to the dendritic shaft by a restriction. Because of their bulb shape, they function as a biochemical and an electrical compartment. Spine remodeling is though to be involved in synaptic plasticity.