Term Name: vesicle targeting
Synonyms:
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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006903]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: establishment of vesicle localization vesicle-mediated transport
has parts: vesicle tethering
is a type of: cellular process
has subtype: contractile vacuole tethering involved in discharge synaptic vesicle targeting vesicle targeting to fusome vesicle targeting, plasma membrane to endosome vesicle targeting, to, from or within Golgi