entry into host cell by a symbiont-containing vacuole
Term Information
Accession
GO:0085017
Name
entry into host cell by a symbiont-containing vacuole
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
symbiont entry into host cell forming a parasitophorous vacuole, symbiont entry into host cell forming a pathogen-containing vacuole, symbiont entry into host cell forming a symbiont-containing vacuole
Alternate IDs
GO:0052370
Definition
The invasion by a symbiont of a cell of a host organism, forming a vacuole in which the symbiont resides. The vacuole membrane is formed from lipids and proteins derived from both host and symbiont. Begins when the symbiont attaches on to the host cell membrane which invaginates and deepens as the symbiont enters, and ends when the host cell membrane closes behind the newly-formed vacuole.
Source:PMID:8690024,
PMID:9580555,
GOC:jl,
PMID:18665841