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late endosome (GO:0005770)

A prelysosomal endocytic organelle differentiated from early endosomes by lower lumenal pH and different protein composition Late endosomes are more spherical than early endosomes and are mostly juxtanuclear, being concentrated near the microtubule organizing center.

Specific

multivesicular body (GO:0005771)

General

endosome (GO:0005768)

References

gene ontology: GO:0005770 PMID: 2557062 PMID: 11964142