Search Ontology:
GO: Biological Process
endocytosis
- Term ID
- GO:0006897
- Synonyms
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- endocytic import into cell
- nonselective vesicle endocytosis
- plasma membrane invagination
- vesicle endocytosis
- Definition
- A vesicle-mediated transport process in which cells take up external materials or membrane constituents by the invagination of a part of the plasma membrane to form a new membrane-bounded vesicle. (3)
- References
- Ontology
- GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO
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- is a type of
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Phenotype
Phenotype caused by Genes