Term Information

Accession
GO:0006723
Name
cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
cuticle hydrocarbon anabolism, cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthesis, cuticle hydrocarbon formation, cuticle hydrocarbon synthesis
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of hydrocarbons that make up the cuticle, the outer layer of some animals and plants, which acts to prevent water loss. Source: GOC:ai
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0006723 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process (GO:0006723)
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cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process [is_a relation] is_a  hydrocarbon biosynthetic process (GO:0120251)
cuticle hydrocarbon biosynthetic process [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cuticle development (GO:0042335)

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