Term Information

Accession
GO:0031412
Name
gas vesicle organization
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
gas vesicle organisation, gas vesicle organization and biogenesis, gas vesicle biosynthesis, gas vesicle formation
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a gas vesicle. A gas vesicle is a hollow structure made of protein, which usually has the form of a cylindrical tube closed by conical end caps. Source: GOC:mah
Comment
Note that although gas vesicles are commonly referred to as 'vesicles' or 'vacuoles' in the literature, they are not surrounded by a membrane.
History
See term history for GO:0031412 at QuickGO
Subset
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gas vesicle organization [is_a relation] is_a  organelle organization (GO:0006996)

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