AmiGO 2: Term Details for "cholesterol storage" (GO:0010878)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0010878
Name: cholesterol storage
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: cholesterol sequestration, sequestration of cholesterol
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The accumulation and maintenance in cells or tissues of cholesterol, cholest-5-en-3 beta-ol, the principal sterol of vertebrates and the precursor of many steroids, including bile acids and steroid hormones. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:BHF
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0010878 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to cholesterol storage (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to cholesterol storage (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for cholesterol storage (excluding "regulates").

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GO:0008150 biological_process
GO:0051179 localization
GO:0033036 macromolecule localization
GO:0010876 lipid localization
GO:0051235 maintenance of location
GO:0019915 lipid storage
GO:0010878 cholesterol storage
GO:0010879 cholesterol transport involved in cholesterol storage
GO:0010887 negative regulation of cholesterol storage
GO:0010886 positive regulation of cholesterol storage
GO:0010885 regulation of cholesterol storage

Parents of cholesterol storage (GO:0010878)

subject	relation	object
cholesterol storage	is_a	lipid storage (GO:0019915)

Children of cholesterol storage (GO:0010878)

subject	relation	object
positive regulation of cholesterol storage (GO:0010886)	RO:0002213	cholesterol storage
cholesterol transport involved in cholesterol storage (GO:0010879)	BFO:0000050	cholesterol storage
negative regulation of cholesterol storage (GO:0010887)	RO:0002212	cholesterol storage
regulation of cholesterol storage (GO:0010885)	RO:0002211	cholesterol storage

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