Planteome: Term Details for "transfer companion cell" (PO:0025458)

Accession: PO:0025458
Name: transfer companion cell
Ontology: plant_anatomy
Synonyms: célula de trasnferencia acompañante (Spanish, exact), 転送伴細胞 (Japanese, exact), transfer cell (broad)
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A companion cell (PO:0000400) that is a transfer cell (PO:0000078) with many cell wall invaginations. Source: PMID:21669666, PO_REF:00011
Comment: Plasmodesmata between a transfer companion cell and adjacent mesophyll cells may be few in number. Transfer companion cells are found in plants that use apoplastic phloem loading. Unlike sieve tube elements (PO:0000289), transfer companion cells retain their nuclei and other organelles at maturity.
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
transfer companion cell	is_a	transfer cell (PO:0000078)
transfer companion cell	is_a	companion cell (PO:0000071)

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