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endocytosis
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A vesicle-mediated transport process in which cells take up external materials or membrane constituents by the invagination of a small region of the plasma membrane to form a new membrane-bounded vesicle. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0198506732 https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0716731363 ]
Term info
Label
endocytosis
Synonyms
- endocytic import into cell
- vesicle endocytosis
Subsets
goslim_yeast
has alternative id
GO:0016193, GO:0098701, GO:0016196
has narrow synonym
plasma membrane invagination
has obo namespace
biological_process
has related synonym
nonselective vesicle endocytosis
id
GO:0006897
Term relations
Subclass of:
- import into cell
- vesicle-mediated transport
- has part some vesicle budding from membrane
- has part some membrane invagination
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