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Term:
Parent Terms Term With Siblings Child Terms
pinocytosis +     
macropinocytosis +   
micropinocytosis 
An endocytosis process that results in the uptake of liquid material by cells from their external environment by invagination of the plasma membrane to form uncoated micropinosomes, differentiated from macropinosomes by their smaller size, on average 95 nm.
negative regulation of pinocytosis +   
positive regulation of pinocytosis +   
regulation of pinocytosis +   

Synonyms
Broad Synonyms: clathrin-independent pinocytosis
Related Synonyms: single-organism micropinocytosis
Alternate IDs: GO:1902540
Definition Sources: PMID:14731589, PMID:14732047

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