Term Name: vesicle docking
Synonyms: vesicle to membrane docking
Definition: The initial attachment of a transport vesicle membrane to the target membrane, mediated by proteins protruding from the membrane of the vesicle and the target membrane. Docking requires only that the two membranes come close enough for these proteins to interact and adhere.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0048278]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is part of: vesicle-mediated transport
is a type of: organelle localization by membrane tethering
has subtype: dense core granule docking Golgi vesicle docking phagosome-lysosome docking vesicle docking involved in exocytosis
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of vesicle docking
positively regulated by: positive regulation of vesicle docking
regulated by: regulation of vesicle docking