caveola

I. Involved cell-cell interactions

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Interactors
Protein name
Directionality
Classification
1BMPR1B+BMPR2-BMPR1A - BMR1A_HUMANReceptor-ReceptorSignaling by BMP

II. Literature review

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Namecaveola
IDGO_0005901
collection_id

Cellular component

Alternative ID

GO:0016599

Exact synonym

caveolae

Description

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 flask-shaped invaginations of the plasma membrane in adipocytes associated with caveolin proteins, and minute pits or incuppings of the cell membrane formed during pinocytosis. Caveolae may be pinched off to form free vesicles within the cytoplasm.

Related synonym

caveolar membrane

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