id | GO:0005901   Detailed information |
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  name | caveola |
  namespace | cellular_component |
  alt_id | GO:0016599 |
  def | "A membrane raft that forms small pit, depression, or invagination that communicates with the outside of a cell and extends inward, indenting the cytoplasm and the cell membrane. Examples include any of the minute pits or incuppings of the cell membrane formed during pinocytosis. Such caveolae may be pinched off to form free vesicles within the cytoplasm." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0721662544 "Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary", PMID:16645198] |
  synonym | "caveolae" EXACT [] |
  synonym | "caveolar membrane" RELATED [] |
  xref | Wikipedia:Caveolae |
  is_a | GO:0044459 ! plasma membrane part |
  is_a | GO:0045121 ! membrane raft |
  DPGLEAN04422
  DPGLEAN08196
  DPGLEAN12791
  DPGLEAN18632
  DPGLEAN18939