AmiGO 2: Term Details for "porosome" (GO:0033012)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0033012
Name: porosome
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A permanent cup-shaped structure at the cell plasma membrane in secretory cells. Following a secretory stimulus, secretory vesicles transiently dock and fuse at the base of porosomes and release intravesicular contents dictated by the turgor pressure generated from the swelling of secretory vesicles. Source: PMID:16563225, PMID:15090256
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0033012 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to porosome (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to porosome (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for porosome (excluding "regulates").