Term Information

Accession
GO:0043668
Name
exine
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The outer layer of the pollen grain wall which is composed primarily of sporopollenin. Source: http://www.mobot.org/MOBOT/research/APweb/
Comment
Note that the exine is highly resistant to strong acids and bases.
History
See term history for GO:0043668 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of exine (GO:0043668)
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exine [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
exine [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pollen wall (GO:0043667)
Children of exine (GO:0043668)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
sexine (GO:0043673) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  exine
endexine (GO:0043671) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  exine
nexine (GO:0043672) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  exine
ectexine (GO:0043669) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  exine
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