receptor-mediated endocytosis (GO:0006898)

An endocytosis process in which cell surface receptors ensure specificity of transport. A specific receptor on the cell surface binds tightly to the extracellular macromolecule (the ligand) that it recognizes; the plasma-membrane region containing the receptor-ligand complex then undergoes endocytosis forming a transport vesicle containing the receptor-ligand complex and excluding most other plasma-membrane proteins Receptor-mediated endocytosis generally occurs via clathrin coated pits and vesicles.

Specific

caveolin-mediated endocytosis (GO:0072584) clathrin-mediated endocytosis (GO:0072583) receptor internalization (GO:0031623) receptor-mediated endocytosis of low-density lipoprotein particle involved in cholesterol transport (GO:0090118) receptor-mediated endocytosis of virus by host cell (GO:0019065)

References

gene ontology: GO:0006898