Planteome: Term Details for "cell-cell fusion" (GO:0140253)

Accession: GO:0140253
Name: cell-cell fusion
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: cell cell fusion, cell fusion
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cellular process in which two or more cells combine together, their plasma membrane fusing, producing a single cell. In some cases, nuclei fuse, producing a polyploid cell, while in other cases, nuclei remain separate, producing a syncytium. Source: Wikipedia:Cell_fusion
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0140253 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
cell-cell fusion	is_a	cellular process (GO:0009987)
cell-cell fusion	BFO:0000051	plasma membrane fusion (GO:0045026)

subject	relation	object
syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion (GO:0000768)	is_a	cell-cell fusion
conjugation with cellular fusion (GO:0000747)	BFO:0000051	cell-cell fusion
parasexual reproduction with cellular fusion (GO:1990277)	BFO:0000051	cell-cell fusion

cell-cell fusion