Term Name: phagosome maturation
Synonyms:
Definition: A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the arrangement of constituent parts of a phagosome within a cell. Phagosome maturation begins with endocytosis and formation of the early phagosome and ends with the formation of the hybrid organelle, the phagolysosome.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0090382]    QuickGO    AmiGO

Relationships
has parts: phagolysosome assembly phagosome acidification phagosome reneutralization
is a type of: organelle organization
has subtype: phagosome maturation involved in apoptotic cell clearance
has_part: exocytosis phagolysosome assembly
negatively regulated by: negative regulation of phagosome maturation
positively regulated by: positive regulation of phagosome maturation
regulated by: regulation of phagosome maturation