Term Information

Accession
GO:0050788
Name
sequestering of mercury
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
mercuric ion (Hg2+) sequestering, mercuric ion (Hg2+) sequestration, mercury (Hg) ion sequestering, mercury (Hg) ion sequestration, mercury (Hg2+) ion retention, mercury (Hg2+) ion storage, retention of mercury (Hg2+) ion, sequestering of mercuric ion (Hg2+), sequestering of mercury (Hg) ion, sequestration of mercuric ion (Hg2+), sequestration of mercury (Hg) ion, storage of mercury (Hg2+) ion
Alternate IDs
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Definition
The process of binding or confining toxic mercury ions or atoms such that they are separated from sensitive components of a biological system. Source: PMID:10774920
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0050788 at QuickGO
Subset
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Parents of sequestering of mercury (GO:0050788)
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sequestering of mercury [is_a relation] is_a  sequestering of metal ion (GO:0051238)
sequestering of mercury [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  detoxification of mercury ion (GO:0050787)

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