Term Information

Accession
GO:0020036
Name
Maurer's cleft
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
Maurers cleft
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A disk-like structure that appears at the periphery of a red blood cell infected by an apicomplexan parasite, characterized by a translucent lumen and an electron-dense coat of variable thickness; often appears to be tethered to the host cell membrane by fibrous connections with the erythrocyte cytoskeleton. Source: PMID:16705161
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0020036 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of Maurer's cleft (GO:0020036)
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Maurer's cleft [is_a relation] is_a  host cell cytoplasm part (GO:0033655)

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