Preferred Name |
ionocyte |
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Synonyms |
IC mitochondria-rich cell intercalated cell narrow cell clear cell proton-secreting cell FORE cell PSC |
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Definitions |
Specialized epithelial cells involved in the maintenance of osmotic homeostasis. They are characterized by abundant mitochondria and ion transporters. In Xenopus there are two distinct types of ionocytes, described as alpha- and beta- subtypes. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0004085 |
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created by |
xenbase3 |
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creation date |
2011-08-24T02:12:18Z |
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database_cross_reference |
CL:0005006 |
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definition |
Specialized epithelial cells involved in the maintenance of osmotic homeostasis. They are characterized by abundant mitochondria and ion transporters. In Xenopus there are two distinct types of ionocytes, described as alpha- and beta- subtypes. |
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has broad synonym |
mitochondria-rich cell intercalated cell narrow cell clear cell |
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has exact synonym |
IC |
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has related synonym |
proton-secreting cell FORE cell PSC |
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has_obo_namespace |
xenopus_anatomy |
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id |
XAO:0004085 |
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label |
ionocyte |
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notation |
XAO:0004085 |
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part_of | ||
prefLabel |
ionocyte |
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treeView | ||
subClassOf |