loading...| Preferred Name |
cell wall |
|
| Synonyms |
|
|
| Definitions |
The rigid or semi-rigid envelope lying outside the cell membrane of plant, fungal, most prokaryotic cells and some protozoan parasites, 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 - in protozoan parasites such as Giardia species, it's made of carbohydrates and proteins. |
|
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005618 |
|
| definition |
The rigid or semi-rigid envelope lying outside the cell membrane of plant, fungal, most prokaryotic cells and some protozoan parasites, 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 - in protozoan parasites such as Giardia species, it's made of carbohydrates and proteins. |
|
| hasOBONamespace |
cellular_component |
|
| id |
GO:0005618 |
|
| inSubset |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obo#goslim_metagenomics http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obo#goslim_yeast http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obo#gosubset_prok http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obo#goslim_plant http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obo#goslim_candida http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/obo#goslim_pir |
|
| notation |
GO:0005618 |
|
| prefLabel |
cell wall |
|
| relatedMatch |
Wikipedia:Cell_wall |
|
| subClassOf |