Term Information

Accession
GO:0005771
Name
multivesicular body
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
MVB, MVE, multivesicular endosome
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A type of endosome in which regions of the limiting endosomal membrane invaginate to form internal vesicles; membrane proteins that enter the internal vesicles are sequestered from the cytoplasm. Source: PMID:11566881, PMID:16533950
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005771 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of multivesicular body (GO:0005771)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
multivesicular body [is_a relation] is_a  late endosome (GO:0005770)
Children of multivesicular body (GO:0005771)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
multivesicular body, internal vesicle (GO:0097487) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  multivesicular body
multivesicular body lumen (GO:0097486) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  multivesicular body
multivesicular body membrane (GO:0032585) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  multivesicular body
NIF_Subcellular
sao2045955158