Planteome: Term Details for "melanosome" (GO:0042470)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0042470
Name: melanosome
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A tissue-specific, membrane-bounded cytoplasmic organelle within which melanin pigments are synthesized and stored. Melanosomes are synthesized in melanocyte cells. Source: GOC:jl, PMID:11584301
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0042470 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to melanosome.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to melanosome.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for melanosome.
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GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0005622 intracellular anatomical structure
GO:0043226 organelle
GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0043229 intracellular organelle
GO:0043227 membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0043231 intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0031982 vesicle
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0097708 intracellular vesicle
GO:0031410 cytoplasmic vesicle
GO:0048770 pigment granule
GO:0042470 melanosome
GO:0034493 melanosome lumen
GO:0033162 melanosome membrane

Parents of melanosome (GO:0042470)

subject	relation	object
melanosome	is_a	pigment granule (GO:0048770)

Children of melanosome (GO:0042470)

subject	relation	object
melanosome lumen (GO:0034493)	BFO:0000050	melanosome
melanosome membrane (GO:0033162)	BFO:0000050	melanosome

Wikipedia: Melanosome