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multivesicular body (GO:0005771)
A type of late endosome in which regions of the limiting endosomal membrane invaginate to form internal vesicles; membrane proteins that enter the internal vesicles are sequestered from the cytoplasm.
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multivesicular body pathway (MVB pathway)
General
late endosome (GO:0005770)
References
gene ontology: GO:0005771
PMID: 11566881