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Accession
PO:0005026
Name
root giant cell
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
célula gigante de la raíz (Spanish, exact), 根巨大細胞 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Multinucleate cell developed by a series of events involving kayokinesis but not cytokinesis of the initial feeding cell. The events are induced by root knot nematodes (e.g., Meloidogyne sp. ) entering the feeding cells (any cells) of the root vascular system. Source: Gramene:Pankaj_Jaiswal, PMID:15053756
Comment
None
Subset
Arabidopsis
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Parents of root giant cell (PO:0005026)
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root giant cell [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  root vascular system (PO:0003011)
root giant cell [is_a relation] is_a  ground tissue cell (PO:0025030)

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