Planteome: Term Details for "guard cell" (PO:0000293)

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Term Information

Accession: PO:0000293
Name: guard cell
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: célula guardiana (Spanish, exact), occlusive cell (exact), 孔辺細胞 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A shoot epidermal cell (PO:0025165) that is one of a pair of cells flanking the stomatal pore (PO:0008032). Source: ISBN:0471245208
Comment: They cause the opening and closing of the pore by changes in turgor.
Subset: CL; TraitNet
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to guard cell.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to guard cell.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for guard cell.
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BFO:0000002 continuant
BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000004 independent continuant
BFO:0000040 material entity
PO:0025131 plant anatomical entity
PO:0009011 plant structure
PO:0025497 collective plant structure
PO:0025007 collective plant organ structure
PO:0009002 plant cell
PO:0009007 portion of plant tissue
PO:0025606 native plant cell
PO:0005679 plant epidermis
PO:0009006 shoot system
PO:0004013 plant epidermal cell
PO:0006035 shoot system epidermis
PO:0025165 shoot epidermal cell
PO:0002000 stomatal complex
PO:0000293 guard cell
PO:0025236 phyllome guard cell

Parents of guard cell (PO:0000293)

subject	relation	object
guard cell	RO:0002202	guard mother cell (PO:0000351)
guard cell	BFO:0000050	stomatal complex (PO:0002000)
guard cell	is_a	shoot epidermal cell (PO:0025165)

Children of guard cell (PO:0000293)

subject	relation	object
phyllome guard cell (PO:0025236)	is_a	guard cell

None.