Planteome: Term Details for "phenotypic switching" (GO:0036166)

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Accession: GO:0036166
Name: phenotypic switching
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: phenotypic dimorphism
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A reversible switch of a cell from one cell type or form to another, at a frequency above the expected frequency for somatic mutations. Phenotypic switching involves changes in cell morphology and altered gene expression patterns. For example, Candida albicans switches from white cells to opaque cells for sexual mating. Phenotypic switching also occurs in multicellular organisms; smooth muscle cells (SMCs) exhibit phenotypic transitions to allow rapid adaption to fluctuating environmental cues. Source: PMID:8456504, GOC:bf, GOC:di, PMID:22406749, Wikipedia:Phenotypic_switching, PMID:12443899
Comment: Mating type switching is not considered a type of phenotypic switching: for mating type switching, consider instead annotating to 'mating type switching ; GO:0007533'.
History: See term history for GO:0036166 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to phenotypic switching.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to phenotypic switching.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for phenotypic switching.
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BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000003 occurrent
BFO:0000015 process
GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0036166 phenotypic switching
GO:0044663 establishment or maintenance of cell type involved in phenotypic switching
GO:1900240 negative regulation of phenotypic switching
GO:0036167 phenotypic switching in response to host
GO:1900241 positive regulation of phenotypic switching
GO:1900447 regulation of cell morphogenesis involved in phenotypic switching
GO:1900239 regulation of phenotypic switching
GO:0090677 reversible differentiation

Parents of phenotypic switching (GO:0036166)

subject	relation	object
phenotypic switching	is_a	cellular process (GO:0009987)

Children of phenotypic switching (GO:0036166)

subject	relation	object
phenotypic switching in response to host (GO:0036167)	is_a	phenotypic switching
negative regulation of phenotypic switching (GO:1900240)	RO:0002212	phenotypic switching
positive regulation of phenotypic switching (GO:1900241)	RO:0002213	phenotypic switching
regulation of phenotypic switching (GO:1900239)	RO:0002211	phenotypic switching
establishment or maintenance of cell type involved in phenotypic switching (GO:0044663)	BFO:0000050	phenotypic switching
regulation of cell morphogenesis involved in phenotypic switching (GO:1900447)	BFO:0000050	phenotypic switching
reversible differentiation (GO:0090677)	is_a	phenotypic switching

phenotypic switching

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Parents of phenotypic switching (GO:0036166)

Children of phenotypic switching (GO:0036166)

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