| Term Name: | vesicle scission |
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| Definition: | The membrane scission process that is the final step in the formation of a vesicle, leading to separation from its parent membrane. Vesicle scission involves the constriction of a neck-forming protein complex, consisting e.g. of dynamin, around the budded membrane, leading to vesicle closure during its separation from the parent membrane. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0099050] QuickGO AmiGO |