Planteome: Term Details for "Casparian strip" (GO:0048226)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0048226
Name: Casparian strip
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Region of plant cell wall specialised to act as a seal to prevent back leakage of secreted material (analogous to tight junction between epithelial cells). Found particularly where root parenchymal cells secrete solutes into xylem vessels. The barrier is composed of suberin; a fatty substance, containing long chain fatty acids and fatty esters, also found in the cell walls of cork cells (phellem) in higher plants. Source: GOC:jid
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0048226 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0071944 cell periphery
GO:0030312 external encapsulating structure
GO:0005618 cell wall
GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0009505 plant-type cell wall
GO:0009531 secondary cell wall
GO:0048226 Casparian strip

Parents of Casparian strip (GO:0048226)

subject	relation	object
Casparian strip	BFO:0000050	secondary cell wall (GO:0009531)
Casparian strip	is_a	cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)

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Wikipedia: Casparian_strip