Planteome: Term Details for "nematocyst" (GO:0042151)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0042151
Name: nematocyst
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: cnidocyst
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: An organelle found in cnidoblast (nematoblast) cells. When matured, these stinging organelles store toxins and can deliver them when the cnidocil (a short extension of the cnidocyst) is stimulated by a prey or another stimulus. Source: DOI:10.1139/z02-135, GOC:jl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0042151 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to nematocyst.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to nematocyst.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for nematocyst.
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GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0005622 intracellular anatomical structure
GO:0043226 organelle
GO:0071944 cell periphery
GO:0005737 cytoplasm
GO:0043229 intracellular organelle
GO:0043228 non-membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0005938 cell cortex
GO:0043232 intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle
GO:0042151 nematocyst

Parents of nematocyst (GO:0042151)

subject	relation	object
nematocyst	is_a	intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043232)
nematocyst	BFO:0000050	cell cortex (GO:0005938)

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Wikipedia: Cnidocyte