Term Information

Accession
GO:0043669
Name
ectexine
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The outer part of the exine, which stains positively with basic fuchsin in optical microscopy and has higher electron density in conventionally prepared TEM sections. Source: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/
Comment
Note that ectexine is distinguished on staining properties; compare with 'sexine ; GO:0043673'. See also 'endexine ; GO:0043671'.
History
See term history for GO:0043669 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of ectexine (GO:0043669)
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ectexine [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
ectexine [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  exine (GO:0043668)
Children of ectexine (GO:0043669)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
foot layer (GO:0043670) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ectexine
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