Term Information

Accession
GO:0036007
Name
scintillon
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A body present in the cytoplasm of some dinoflagellates, which is the source of bioluminescence; emits light on acidification in the presence of oxygen. Source: PMID:4501583, GOC:pr, GOC:mag, PMID:5642469
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0036007 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of scintillon (GO:0036007)
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scintillon [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
scintillon [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cytoplasm (GO:0005737)

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