Term Information

Accession
GO:0160022
Name
apocrine secretion
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
secretion by cell decapitation, secretion by membrane budding
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The controlled release of a substance by a cell or a tissue by discharging a portion of the secreting cell when intracellular components are freed into a lumen through the shedding of whole pieces of the cytoplasm. Source: PMID:25960390
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0160022 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of apocrine secretion (GO:0160022)
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apocrine secretion [is_a relation] is_a  secretion (GO:0046903)

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