Term Name: vesicle scission
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Definition: The membrane scission process that is the final step in the formation of a vesicle, leading to separation from its parent membrane. Vesicle scission involves the constriction of a neck-forming protein complex, consisting e.g. of dynamin, around the budded membrane, leading to vesicle closure during its separation from the parent membrane.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0099050]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
is a type of: membrane fission
has subtype: vesicle scission involved in clathrin-mediated endocytosis vesicle scission involved in endocytosis