Planteome: Term Details for "contractile vacuole" (GO:0000331)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0000331
Name: contractile vacuole
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: central bladder, central vacuole
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A specialized vacuole of eukaryotic cells, especially Protozoa, that fills with water from the cytoplasm and then discharges this externally by the opening of contractile vacuole pores. One of its functions is osmoregulatory. Source: PMID:10503189, PMID:23890380, GOC:jl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0000331 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to contractile vacuole.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to contractile vacuole.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for contractile vacuole.
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GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0005622 intracellular anatomical structure
GO:0043227 membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0043226 organelle
GO:0043231 intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0043229 intracellular organelle
GO:0043228 non-membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0031982 vesicle
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0043232 intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0097708 intracellular vesicle
GO:0062159 contractile vacuole complex
GO:0031410 cytoplasmic vesicle
GO:0005773 vacuole
GO:0000331 contractile vacuole
GO:0031164 contractile vacuolar membrane

Parents of contractile vacuole (GO:0000331)

subject	relation	object
contractile vacuole	is_a	cytoplasmic vesicle (GO:0031410)
contractile vacuole	BFO:0000050	contractile vacuole complex (GO:0062159)
contractile vacuole	is_a	vacuole (GO:0005773)

Children of contractile vacuole (GO:0000331)

subject	relation	object
contractile vacuolar membrane (GO:0031164)	BFO:0000050	contractile vacuole

Wikipedia: Contractile_vacuole