MVB biogenesis, MVB formation, multivesicular body biogenesis
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Definition
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a multivesicular body, a type of late 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:
GOC:sart,
PMID:19571114,
PMID:11566881