Planteome: Term Details for "aleurone layer" (PO:0005360)

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Accession: PO:0005360
Name: aleurone layer
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: capa de aleurona (Spanish, exact), fruit aleurone layer (exact), 糊粉粒、アリューロン層 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs: PO:0008004
Definition: A portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007) that is the outermost layer of endosperm (PO:0009089) in a seed (PO:0009010), its cells being characterized by presence of protein bodies (GO:0042735). Source: Gramene:Pankaj_Jaiswal, ISBN:0080374913, ISBN:0471245208
Comment: Occurs in cereals and many other taxa. The protein bodies (GO:0042735) contain seed storage proteins and enzymes involved with endosperm digestion (Esau, 1977).
Subset: Angiosperm
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to aleurone layer.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to aleurone layer.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for aleurone layer.
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BFO:0000002 continuant
BFO:0000001 entity
BFO:0000004 independent continuant
BFO:0000040 material entity
PO:0009011 plant structure
PO:0025496 multi-tissue plant structure
PO:0025131 plant anatomical entity
PO:0009007 portion of plant tissue
PO:0009010 seed
PO:0009089 endosperm
PO:0005360 aleurone layer
PO:0008008 modified aleurone

Parents of aleurone layer (PO:0005360)

subject	relation	object
aleurone layer	BFO:0000050	endosperm (PO:0009089)
aleurone layer	is_a	portion of plant tissue (PO:0009007)

Children of aleurone layer (PO:0005360)

subject	relation	object
modified aleurone (PO:0008008)	is_a	aleurone layer

PO_GIT: 49; 149; 285; 286