Planteome: Term Details for "opsonization" (GO:0008228)

Accession: GO:0008228
Name: opsonization
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which a microorganism (or other particulate material) is rendered more susceptible to phagocytosis by coating with an opsonin, a blood serum protein such as a complement component or antibody. Source: ISBN:0198506732, ISBN:0781735149, GOC:add, ISBN:068340007X, GOC:mah
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0008228 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to opsonization.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to opsonization.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for opsonization.
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subject	relation	object
opsonization	RO:0002213	phagocytosis, recognition (GO:0006910)
opsonization	is_a	immune effector process (GO:0002252)

subject	relation	object
positive regulation of opsonization (GO:1903028)	RO:0002213	opsonization
regulation of opsonization (GO:1903027)	RO:0002211	opsonization