loading...| Preferred Name | CellWall | |
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CellWall is a CBO:CellBorder consisting of (MeSH) the outermost layer of a Cell in most PLANTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; and ALGAE. The Cell wall is usually a rigid structure that lies external to the Cell MEMBRANE, and provides a protective barrier against physical or chemical agents. (GO) The rigid or semi-rigid envelope lying outside the Cell membrane of plant, fungal, and most prokaryotic Cells, maintaining their Shape and protecting them from osmotic lysis. In plants it is made of Cellulose and, often, lignin; in fungi it is composed largely of polysaccharides; in bacteria it is composed of peptidoglycan. It is unclear if CellWall is a CellPart of if CellWall should be classified as a type of extracellular matrix. Is a particular portion of CellWall "owned" by a single cell or is it "owned" and maintained by the two or more cells on either side? |
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http://cbo.biocomplexity.indiana.edu/svn/cbo/trunk/CBO_1_1_2.owl#CellWall |
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CellWall is a CBO:CellBorder consisting of (MeSH) the outermost layer of a Cell in most PLANTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; and ALGAE. The Cell wall is usually a rigid structure that lies external to the Cell MEMBRANE, and provides a protective barrier against physical or chemical agents. (GO) The rigid or semi-rigid envelope lying outside the Cell membrane of plant, fungal, and most prokaryotic Cells, maintaining their Shape and protecting them from osmotic lysis. In plants it is made of Cellulose and, often, lignin; in fungi it is composed largely of polysaccharides; in bacteria it is composed of peptidoglycan. It is unclear if CellWall is a CellPart of if CellWall should be classified as a type of extracellular matrix. Is a particular portion of CellWall "owned" by a single cell or is it "owned" and maintained by the two or more cells on either side? |
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jps |
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24 Aug. 2011 |
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urn:miriam:obo.go:0005618 |
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CellWall |
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CellWall |
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http://cbo.biocomplexity.indiana.edu/svn/cbo/trunk/CBO_1_1_2.owl#CellBorder |