Planteome: Term Details for "basement membrane" (GO:0005604)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0005604
Name: basement membrane
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: basal lamina, basement lamina, lamina densa
Alternate IDs: GO:0008003, GO:0005605
Definition: A collagen-containing extracellular matrix consisting of a thin layer of dense material found in various animal tissues interposed between the cells and the adjacent connective tissue. It consists of the basal lamina plus an associated layer of reticulin fibers. Source: ISBN:0198547684, PMID:22505934
Comment: Note that this term has no relationship to 'membrane ; GO:0016020' because the basement membrane is not a lipid bilayer.
History: See term history for GO:0005604 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to basement membrane.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to basement membrane.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for basement membrane.
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GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0071944 cell periphery
GO:0030312 external encapsulating structure
GO:0031012 extracellular matrix
GO:0062023 collagen-containing extracellular matrix
GO:0005604 basement membrane
GO:0098651 basement membrane collagen trimer
GO:0043256 laminin complex

Parents of basement membrane (GO:0005604)

subject	relation	object
basement membrane	is_a	collagen-containing extracellular matrix (GO:0062023)

Children of basement membrane (GO:0005604)

subject	relation	object
laminin complex (GO:0043256)	BFO:0000050	basement membrane
basement membrane collagen trimer (GO:0098651)	BFO:0000050	basement membrane

Wikipedia: Basement_membrane