Planteome: Term Details for "acrosomal vesicle" (GO:0001669)

Accession: GO:0001669
Name: acrosomal vesicle
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: acrosomal granule, acrosome
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A structure in the head of a spermatozoon that contains acid hydrolases, and is concerned with the breakdown of the outer membrane of the ovum during fertilization. It lies just beneath the plasma membrane and is derived from the lysosome. Source: ISBN:0198506732, ISBN:0124325653
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0001669 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
acrosomal vesicle	is_a	secretory granule (GO:0030141)