early endosome

id: GO:0005769
name: early endosome
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A membrane-bounded organelle that receives incoming material from primary endocytic vesicles that have been generated by clathrin-dependent and clathrin-independent endocytosis; vesicles fuse with the early endosome to deliver cargo for sorting into recycling or degradation pathways.

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