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Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
phagocytosis +     
apoptotic cell clearance +   
cleavage furrow formation +   
cleavage furrow ingression +   
immune response-regulating cell surface receptor signaling pathway involved in phagocytosis +   
negative regulation of phagocytosis +   
phagocytosis, engulfment +   
The internalization of bacteria, immune complexes and other particulate matter or of an apoptotic cell by phagocytosis, including the membrane and cytoskeletal processes required, which involves one of three mechanisms: zippering of pseudopods around a target via repeated receptor-ligand interactions, sinking of the target directly into plasma membrane of the phagocytosing cell, or induced uptake via an enhanced membrane ruffling of the phagocytosing cell similar to macropinocytosis.
phagocytosis, recognition +   
phagolysosome assembly +   
positive regulation of phagocytosis +   
regulation of phagocytosis +   

Synonyms
Related Synonyms: phagosome biosynthesis ;   phagosome formation
Definition Sources: GOC:curators, ISBN:0781735149

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