Term Information

Accession
PO:0025406
Name
sieve element
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
elemento criboso (Spanish, exact), 師(篩)要素 (Japanese, exact)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A native plant cell (PO:0025606) that is part of a portion of phloem tissue (PO:0005417), has sieve areas in its walls, and lacks a nucleus in its mature protoplast. Source: POC:Laurel_Cooper, ISBN:0471245208
Comment
Sieve elements function mainly in longitudinal conduction of organic solutes. Classified into sieve cells (PO:0025415) and sieve tube elements (PO:0000289) based on the presence of sieve plates and specialization of sieve areas in different parts of the cell. Develops from either a cambial initial (PO:0000295), a phloem mother cell (PO:0000400), or a cell of the procambium (PO:0025275).
Subset
None
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Parents of sieve element (PO:0025406)
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sieve element [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  phloem (PO:0005417)
sieve element [is_a relation] is_a  native plant cell (PO:0025606)
Children of sieve element (PO:0025406)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
secondary phloem sieve element (PO:0025453) [is_a relation] is_a  sieve element
primary phloem sieve element (PO:0025452) [is_a relation] is_a  sieve element
sieve tube element (PO:0000289) [is_a relation] is_a  sieve element
sieve cell (PO:0025415) [is_a relation] is_a  sieve element
PO_GIT
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