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Category:GO:0072564 ! blood microparticle formation
name: blood microparticle formation
namespace: biological_process
def: "The cellular component organization process in which microparticles bud off from a parent cell. A microparticle is a phospholipid microvesicle that is derived from any of several cell types, such as platelets, blood cells, endothelial cells, or others, and contains membrane receptors as well as other proteins characteristic of the parental cell." [GOC:BHF, GOC:mah, PMID:16373184]
synonym: "microparticle generation" EXACT [PMID:20978343]
synonym: "microparticle release" EXACT [PMID:16373184]
is_a: GO:0016043 ! cellular component organization
is_a: GO:0048646 ! anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis
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<GOterm>GO:0072564</GOterm>
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