Obsolete Term Information

Accession
GO:0110148
Name
obsolete biomineralization
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
biomineralisation, mineralisation, mineralization, biomineral formation
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
OBSOLETE. The process where mineral crystals are formed and deposited in an organized fashion in a matrix (either cellular or extracellular) by living organisms. This gives rise to inorganic compound-based structures such as skeleton, teeth, ivory, shells, cuticle, and corals as well as bacterial biomineralization products. Source: GOC:aa, PMID:28229486, PMID:24395694
Comment
This term was obsoleted because it grouped multicellular organism processes and cellular processes.
History
See term history for GO:0110148 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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