Term Information

Accession
PO:0025499
Name
sepal epidermis giant cell
Ontology
plant_anatomy
Synonyms
がく片表皮巨大細胞 (Japanese, exact), giant cell (broad)
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An shoot epidermal pavement cell (PO:0000332) that is part of sepal epidermis (PO:0006040) and is approximately one fifth the length of a sepal (PO:0009031). Source: PMID:20485493, TAIR_curator:Tanya_Berardini
Comment
Compare to other epidermal pavement cells that are approximately one hundredth of the length of a sepal (PO:0009031). In Arabidopsis, sepal giant epidermal cells arise by DNA endoreplication (GO:0042023) and have high DNA content (up to 16C).
Subset
None
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Parents of sepal epidermis giant cell (PO:0025499)
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sepal epidermis giant cell [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  sepal epidermis (PO:0006040)
sepal epidermis giant cell [is_a relation] is_a  shoot epidermal pavement cell (PO:0000332)

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