# receptor-mediated endocytosis

> 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 th

**Wikidata**: [Q1135604](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1135604)  
**Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Receptor-mediated_endocytosis)  
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## References

1. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07
2. Freebase Data Dumps. 2013
3. UMLS 2023
4. [OpenAlex](https://docs.openalex.org/download-snapshot/snapshot-data-format)