Planteome: Term Details for "micronucleus" (GO:0031040)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0031040
Name: micronucleus
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A membrane-bounded organelle of ciliated protozoan cells that contains a diploid copy of the cell's complete genome. Sections of contiguous sequence in the macronucleus are often interrupted by internal eliminated sequences (IES), and may be permuted, in micronuclei. Genic transcription is not found in micronuclei. Some ciliate species may contain multiple micronuclei per cell. Source: GOC:ns
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0031040 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to micronucleus.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to micronucleus.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for micronucleus.
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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:0031040 micronucleus

Parents of micronucleus (GO:0031040)

subject	relation	object
micronucleus	is_a	nucleus (GO:0005634)

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Wikipedia: Micronucleus