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GO: Biological Process
pinocytosis
- Term ID
- GO:0006907
- Synonyms
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- clathrin-independent pinocytosis
- fluid-phase endocytosis
- single-organism pinocytosis
- Definition
- An endocytosis process that results in the uptake of liquid material by cells from their external environment; literally 'cell drinking'. Liquid is enclosed in vesicles, called pinosomes, formed by invagination of the plasma membrane. 0198506732
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- Ontology
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