Term Information

Accession
GO:0005901
Name
caveola
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
caveolae, caveolar membrane
Alternate IDs
GO:0016599
Definition
A membrane raft that forms small pit, depression, or invagination that communicates with the outside of a cell and extends inward, indenting the cytoplasm and the cell membrane. Examples include flask-shaped invaginations of the plasma membrane in adipocytes associated with caveolin proteins, and minute pits or incuppings of the cell membrane formed during pinocytosis. Caveolae may be pinched off to form free vesicles within the cytoplasm. Source: ISBN:0721662544, PMID:16645198, GOC:mah
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005901 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of caveola (GO:0005901)
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caveola [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane raft (GO:0044853)
Children of caveola (GO:0005901)
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caveola neck (GO:0099400) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  caveola
caveolar macromolecular signaling complex (GO:0002095) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  caveola
flotillin complex (GO:0016600) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  caveola
Wikipedia
Caveolae