vesicle docking (GO:0048278)

The initial attachment of a transport vesicle membrane to the target membrane, mediated by proteins protruding from the membrane of the vesicle and the target membrane. Docking requires only that the two membranes come close enough for these proteins to interact and adhere.

Specific

Golgi vesicle docking (GO:0048211) phagosome-lysosome docking (GO:0090384) vesicle docking involved in exocytosis (GO:0006904)

References

gene ontology: GO:0048278