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A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of an organelle within a cell. An organelle is an organized structure of distinctive morphology and function. Includes the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, vesicles, ribosomes and the cytoskeleton. Excludes the plasma membrane. The cellular process that joins two lipid bilayers to form a single membrane. The creation of a single organelle from two or more organelles. The joining of 2 or more lipid bilayer membranes that surround the endoplasmic reticulum. The joining of two lipid bilayers to form a single organelle membrane.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: endoplasmic reticulum membrane fusion
Acc: GO:0016320
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The joining of 2 or more lipid bilayer membranes that surround the endoplasmic reticulum.
Synonyms:
  • ER membrane fusion
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 4 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 4 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0016320 - endoplasmic reticulum membrane fusion (interactive image map)
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