Planteome: Term Details for "membrane raft" (GO:0045121)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0045121
Name: membrane raft
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: lipid raft, GEM domain, glycolipid-enriched membrane domain
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Any of the small (10-200 nm), heterogeneous, highly dynamic, sterol- and sphingolipid-enriched membrane domains that compartmentalize cellular processes. Small rafts can sometimes be stabilized to form larger platforms through protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions. Source: PMID:16645198, PMID:20044567
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0045121 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to membrane raft.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to membrane raft.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for membrane raft.
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GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0016020 membrane
GO:0098857 membrane microdomain
GO:0045121 membrane raft
GO:0044853 plasma membrane raft

Parents of membrane raft (GO:0045121)

subject	relation	object
membrane raft	is_a	membrane microdomain (GO:0098857)

Children of membrane raft (GO:0045121)

subject	relation	object
plasma membrane raft (GO:0044853)	is_a	membrane raft

Wikipedia: Lipid_raft