AmiGO 2: Term Details for "pinocytosis" (GO:0006907)

Accession: GO:0006907
Name: pinocytosis
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: fluid-phase endocytosis, single-organism pinocytosis, clathrin-independent pinocytosis
Alternate IDs: GO:0006908, GO:1902536
Definition: An endocytosis process that results in the uptake of liquid material by cells from their external environment; literally 'cell drinking'. Liquid is enclosed in vesicles, called pinosomes, formed by invagination of the plasma membrane. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0006907 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to pinocytosis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to pinocytosis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for pinocytosis (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
pinocytosis	is_a	endocytosis (GO:0006897)

subject	relation	object
negative regulation of pinocytosis (GO:0048550)	RO:0002212	pinocytosis
positive regulation of pinocytosis (GO:0048549)	RO:0002213	pinocytosis
micropinocytosis (GO:0044350)	is_a	pinocytosis
macropinocytosis (GO:0044351)	is_a	pinocytosis
regulation of pinocytosis (GO:0048548)	RO:0002211	pinocytosis