AmiGO 2: Term Details for "maintenance of lens transparency" (GO:0036438)

Accession: GO:0036438
Name: maintenance of lens transparency
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: maintenance of ocular lens transparency, preservation of lens transparency
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A homeostatic process in which the lens is maintained in a highly refractive, transparent state to allow for optimal focusing of light on the retina. Source: PMID:22095752, GOC:nhn
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0036438 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to maintenance of lens transparency (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to maintenance of lens transparency (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for maintenance of lens transparency (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
maintenance of lens transparency	RO:0019000	lens of camera-type eye opacity (OBA:1000035)
maintenance of lens transparency	is_a	tissue homeostasis (GO:0001894)

subject	relation	object
positive regulation of water channel activity involved in maintenance of lens transparency (GO:1902433)	BFO:0000050	maintenance of lens transparency

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