Name: |
vesicle-mediated transport |
Synonyms: |
nonselective vesicle transport,
protein sorting along secretory pathway,
vesicle trafficking,
vesicle transport,
vesicular transport
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Definition: |
A cellular transport process in which transported substances are moved in membrane-bounded vesicles; transported substances are enclosed in the vesicle lumen or located in the vesicle membrane. The process begins with a step that directs a substance to the forming vesicle, and includes vesicle budding and coating. Vesicles are then targeted to, and fuse with, an acceptor membrane. |
Ontology: |
GO: Biological Process [GO:0016192]
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