Term Name: localization
Synonyms: establishment and maintenance of cellular component location, establishment and maintenance of localization, establishment and maintenance of position, establishment and maintenance of substance location, establishment and maintenance of substrate location, localisation, single organism localization, single-organism localization
Definition: Any process in which a cell, a substance, or a cellular entity, such as a protein complex or organelle, is transported, tethered to or otherwise maintained in a specific location. In the case of substances, localization may also be achieved via selective degradation.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0051179]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: biological_process
has subtype: cellular localization establishment of localization localization of cell macromolecule localization maintenance of location microtubule organizing center localization nitric oxide storage organelle localization protein-containing complex localization
inverse disjoint_from: biological phase metabolic process
regulated by: regulation of localization