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The directed movement of cholesterol into cells that is part of their accumulation and maintenance. The accumulation and maintenance in cells or tissues of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. The accumulation and maintenance in cells or tissues of lipids, compounds soluble in organic solvents but insoluble or sparingly soluble in aqueous solvents. Lipid reserves can be accumulated during early developmental stages for mobilization and utilization at later stages of development. The directed movement of lipids into, out of, within or between cells by means of some external agent such as a transporter or pore. Lipids are compounds soluble in an organic solvent but not, or sparingly, in an aqueous solvent. The directed movement of sterols into, out of, within or between cells by means of some external agent such as a transporter or pore. Sterols are steroids with one or more hydroxyl groups and a hydrocarbon side-chain in the molecule. The directed movement of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3-beta-ol, into, out of, within or between cells by means of some external agent such as a transporter or pore. The directed movement of lipids into cells that is part of their accumulation and maintenance.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: cholesterol transport involved in cholesterol storage
Acc: GO:0010879
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The directed movement of cholesterol into cells that is part of their accumulation and maintenance.
Synonyms:
  • sequestration of cholesterol
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0010879 - cholesterol transport involved in cholesterol storage (interactive image map)
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