long-chain fatty acid import into cell

long-chain fatty acid import into cell

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0044539

The directed movement of a long-chain fatty acid from outside of a cell into a cell. This may occur via transport across the plasma membrane or via endocytosis. A long-chain fatty acid has an aliphatic tail containing 13 to 22 carbons. [ GOC:pm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22022213 GOC:jl ]

Synonyms: long-chain fatty acid uptake

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While there is not universal consensus on the lengths of short-, medium-, long- and very-long-chain fatty acids, the GO uses the definitions in ChEBI (see CHEBI:26666, CHEBI:59554, CHEBI:15904 and CHEBI:27283).

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2012-03-21T03:34:04Z

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long-chain fatty acid import

GO:0044539

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https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/26445

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regulates

regulation of long-chain fatty acid import into cell

positively regulates

positive regulation of long-chain fatty acid import into cell

negatively regulates

negative regulation of long-chain fatty acid import into cell