Term Name: phagocytosis
Synonyms:
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.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0006909]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: Fc-gamma receptor signaling pathway involved in phagocytosis immune response-regulating cell surface receptor signaling pathway involved in phagocytosis phagocytosis, engulfment phagocytosis, recognition phagolysosome assembly
is a type of: endocytosis
has subtype: apoptotic cell clearance
inverse capable_of: classical monocyte macrophage mature microglial cell mature neutrophil phagocyte
inverse has_part: neutrophil clearance
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of phagocytosis
positively regulated by: positive regulation of phagocytosis
regulated by: regulation of phagocytosis