symbiont entry into host cell forming a symbiont-containing vacuole

id: GO:0085017
name: symbiont entry into host cell forming a symbiont-containing vacuole
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: The invasion by a symbiont of a cell of its host organism, forming a vacuole in which the parasite resides. The vacuole membrane is formed from lipids and proteins derived from both host and symbiont. Begins when the symbiont attaches on to the host cell membrane which invaginates and deepens as the symbiont enters, and ends when the host cell membrane closes behind the newly-formed vacuole.

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