Term Information

Accession
GO:0075025
Name
initiation of appressorium formation
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
appressorium initiation on or near host, initiation of appressorium by symbiont on or near host, initiation of symbiont appressorium on or near host, initiation of appressorium on or near host
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The process in which a relatively unspecialized cell starts to acquire specialized features of the symbiont appressorium to aid in infection of the host. The host is defined as the larger of the organisms involved in a symbiotic interaction. Source: GOC:pamgo_curators
Comment
Note that this term should not be used to annotate gene products of the host. It should only be used to annotate those gene products from the symbiont involved in this process.
History
See term history for GO:0075025 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of initiation of appressorium formation (GO:0075025)
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initiation of appressorium formation [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  appressorium formation (GO:0075016)
initiation of appressorium formation [is_a relation] is_a  formation of structure involved in a symbiotic process (GO:0044111)
Children of initiation of appressorium formation (GO:0075025)
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formation of appressorium germ tube hook structure (GO:0075029) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  initiation of appressorium formation
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