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membrane fission +     
mitochondrial membrane fission  
vesicle scission +   
The membrane scission process that is the final step in the formation of a vesicle, leading to separation from its parent membrane. Vesicle scission involves the constriction of a neck-forming protein complex, consisting e.g. of dynamin, around the budded membrane, leading to vesicle closure during its separation from the parent membrane.

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Definition Sources: PMID:21779028

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