Planteome: Term Details for "lipid droplet" (GO:0005811)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0005811
Name: lipid droplet
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: adiposome, lipid body, lipid particle
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: An intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle comprising a matrix of coalesced lipids surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer. May include associated proteins. Source: GOC:tb, GOC:mah
Comment: Note that this term does not refer to vesicles, but instead to structures in which lipids do not necessarily form bilayers.
History: See term history for GO:0005811 at QuickGO
Subset: goslim_chembl; goslim_generic
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to lipid droplet.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to lipid droplet.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for lipid droplet.
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