AmiGO 2: Term Details for "keratinization" (GO:0031424)

Accession: GO:0031424
Name: keratinization
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The process in which the cytoplasm of the outermost cells of the vertebrate epidermis is replaced by keratin. Keratinization occurs in the stratum corneum, feathers, hair, claws, nails, hooves, and horns. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:sdb_2009, GOC:ebc
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0031424 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to keratinization (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to keratinization (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for keratinization (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
keratinization	RO:0002162	Chordata (NCBITaxon:7711)
keratinization	is_a	multicellular organismal process (GO:0032501)
keratinization	BFO:0000050	keratinocyte differentiation (GO:0030216)
keratinization	BFO:0000066	epidermal cell (CL:0000362)

subject	relation	object
cornification (GO:0070268)	BFO:0000050	keratinization
stratum corneum of epidermis (UBERON:0002027)	BFO:0000067	keratinization

keratinization