Term Information

Accession
GO:0005769
Name
early endosome
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A membrane-bounded organelle that receives incoming material from primary endocytic vesicles that have been generated by clathrin-dependent and clathrin-independent endocytosis; vesicles fuse with the early endosome to deliver cargo for sorting into recycling or degradation pathways. Source: PMID:19696797, GOC:mah, NIF_Subcellular:nlx_subcell_20090701
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005769 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of early endosome (GO:0005769)
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early endosome [is_a relation] is_a  endosome (GO:0005768)
Children of early endosome (GO:0005769)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
postsynaptic early endosome (GO:0098842) [is_a relation] is_a  early endosome
early endosome lumen (GO:0031905) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  early endosome
early endosome membrane (GO:0031901) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  early endosome
NIF_Subcellular
nlx_subcell_20090701