GO cellular component ontology term - GO:0005771 - multivesicular body
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0005771
- Name
- multivesicular body
- Ontology or CV name
- GO cellular component
- Definition
- A type of 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.
