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vesicle targeting
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Term info
Label
vesicle targeting
definition
The process in which vesicles are directed to specific destination membranes. Targeting involves coordinated interactions among cytoskeletal elements (microtubules or actin filaments), motor proteins, molecules at the vesicle membrane and target membrane surfaces, and vesicle cargo.
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biological_process
id
GO:0006903
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
Term relations
Subclass of:
- cellular process
- part of some vesicle-mediated transport
- part of some establishment of vesicle localization