Term Information

Accession
GO:0072562
Name
blood microparticle
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
cell membrane microparticle
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A phospholipid microvesicle that is derived from any of several cell types, such as platelets, blood cells, endothelial cells, or others, and contains membrane receptors as well as other proteins characteristic of the parental cell. Microparticles are heterogeneous in size, and are characterized as microvesicles free of nucleic acids. Source: GOC:BHF, GOC:mah, PMID:16373184
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0072562 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of blood microparticle (GO:0072562)
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blood microparticle [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  extracellular space (GO:0005615)
blood microparticle [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
Children of blood microparticle (GO:0072562)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
endothelial microparticle (GO:0072563) [is_a relation] is_a  blood microparticle
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