Term Information

Accession
GO:0048226
Name
Casparian strip
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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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
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History
See term history for GO:0048226 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of Casparian strip (GO:0048226)
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Casparian strip [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
Casparian strip [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  secondary cell wall (GO:0009531)

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Casparian_strip