macropinocytosis

id: GO:0044351
name: macropinocytosis
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: An endocytosis process that results in the uptake of liquid material by cells from their external environment by the 'ruffling' of the cell membrane to form heterogeneously sized intracellular vesicles called macropinosomes, which can be up to 5 micrometers in size.

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