AmiGO 2: Term Details for "capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process" (GO:0045227)

Accession: GO:0045227
Name: capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: capsular polysaccharide biosynthesis, capsular polysaccharide biosynthetic process, capsule polysaccharide anabolism, capsule polysaccharide biosynthesis, capsule polysaccharide formation, capsule polysaccharide synthesis
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The chemical reactions and pathways resulting in the formation of polysaccharides that make up the capsule, a protective structure surrounding some species of bacteria and fungi. Source: GOC:go_curators
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0045227 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process	is_a	capsule organization (GO:0045230)
capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process	is_a	extracellular polysaccharide biosynthetic process (GO:0045226)

subject	relation	object
positive regulation of capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process (GO:0062085)	RO:0002213	capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process
regulation of capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process (GO:0062084)	RO:0002211	capsule polysaccharide biosynthetic process

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