vesicle targeting
The process in which vesicles are directed to specific destination membranes. Targeting involves coordinated interactions among cytoskeletal elements (microtubules or actin filaments), motor proteins, molecules at the vesicle membrane and target membrane surfaces, and vesicle cargo. [ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17335816 GOC:mah ]
Term info
biological_process
GO:0006903
Term relations
- cellular process
- part of some vesicle-mediated transport
- part of some establishment of vesicle localization