Planteome: Term Details for "starch grain" (GO:0043036)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0043036
Name: starch grain
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: starch granule
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Plant storage body for amylose and amylopectin, 1-100um in diameter. Also contains small amounts of enzymes, amino acids, lipids and nucleic acids. The shape of the grain varies widely amongst species, but is often spherical or disk-shaped. Source: GOC:jl, PMID:11217978, GOC:jl, PMID:11217978
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0043036 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to starch grain.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to starch grain.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for starch grain.
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