WormBase Tree Display for GO_term: GO:0006909

GO:0006909 Name: phagocytosis
  Definition: A vesicle-mediated transport process that results in the engulfment of external particulate material by phagocytes and their delivery to the lysosome. The particles are initially contained within phagocytic vacuoles (phagosomes), which then fuse with primary lysosomes to effect digestion of the particles.
  Status: Valid
  Type: Biological_process
  Child: Instance: GO:0043277
    Component: GO:0001845
      GO:0002433
      GO:0006910
      GO:0006911
  Parent: Instance_of: GO:0006897
  Attributes_of: Motif: INTERPRO:IPR000919
      INTERPRO:IPR034889
    Index: Ancestor: GO:0006810
        GO:0006897
        GO:0008150
        GO:0009987
        GO:0016192
        GO:0051179
        GO:0051234
        GO:0098657
      Descendant (18)
    GO_annotation: 00015005
      00038070
      00045063
      00052125
      00054355
      00084835
      00092722
      00095195
      00096724
      00097008
  Version: Gene Ontology releases/2023-11-15