Planteome: Term Details for "macronucleus" (GO:0031039)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0031039
Name: macronucleus
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A membrane-bounded organelle of ciliated protozoan cells that contains polyploid copies of a portion of the cell's complete genome. Transcription of genes occurs in macronuclei. Some ciliate species may contain multiple macronuclei per cell. Source: GOC:ns
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0031039 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to macronucleus.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to macronucleus.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for macronucleus.
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GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0005622 intracellular anatomical structure
GO:0043226 organelle
GO:0043229 intracellular organelle
GO:0043227 membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0043231 intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0005634 nucleus
GO:0031039 macronucleus

Parents of macronucleus (GO:0031039)

subject	relation	object
macronucleus	is_a	nucleus (GO:0005634)

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Wikipedia: Macronucleus