Planteome: Term Details for "extracellular exosome" (GO:0070062)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0070062
Name: extracellular exosome
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: exosome, extracellular vesicular exosome
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A vesicle that is released into the extracellular region by fusion of the limiting endosomal membrane of a multivesicular body with the plasma membrane. Extracellular exosomes, also simply called exosomes, have a diameter of about 40-100 nm. Source: GOC:vesicles, PMID:24009894, GOC:BHF, PMID:19442504, PMID:17641064, PMID:19498381, GOC:mah, PMID:22418571, PMID:15908444
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0070062 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to extracellular exosome.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to extracellular exosome.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for extracellular exosome.
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