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Accession
GO:0070062
Name
extracellular exosome
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
exosome, extracellular vesicular exosome
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A vesicle that is released into the extracellular region by fusion of the limiting endosomal membrane of a multivesicular body with the plasma membrane. Extracellular exosomes, also simply called exosomes, have a diameter of about 40-100 nm. Source: GOC:vesicles, PMID:24009894, GOC:BHF, PMID:19442504, PMID:17641064, PMID:19498381, GOC:mah, PMID:22418571, PMID:15908444
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History
See term history for GO:0070062 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of extracellular exosome (GO:0070062)
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extracellular exosome [is_a relation] is_a  extracellular vesicle (GO:1903561)
extracellular exosome [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  extracellular space (GO:0005615)
Children of extracellular exosome (GO:0070062)
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extracellular exosome complex (GO:1990563) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  extracellular exosome
cell-cell signaling via exosome (GO:0099156) [RO:0002608 relation] RO:0002608  extracellular exosome
extracellular exosome macropinocytosis (GO:0061707) [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  extracellular exosome
extracellular exosome assembly (GO:0071971) [RO:0002588 relation] RO:0002588  extracellular exosome
exosomal secretion (GO:1990182) [RO:0004009 relation] RO:0004009  extracellular exosome
clathrin-dependent extracellular exosome endocytosis (GO:1990771) [RO:0000057 relation] RO:0000057  extracellular exosome
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