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Accession
GO:0048226
Name
Casparian strip
Ontology
cellular_component
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Definition
Region of plant cell wall specialised to act as a seal to prevent back leakage of secreted material (analogous to tight junction between epithelial cells). Found particularly where root parenchymal cells secrete solutes into xylem vessels. The barrier is composed of suberin; a fatty substance, containing long chain fatty acids and fatty esters, also found in the cell walls of cork cells (phellem) in higher plants. Source: GOC:jid
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Parents of Casparian strip (GO:0048226)
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Casparian strip [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  secondary cell wall (GO:0009531)
Casparian strip [RO:0002160 relation] RO:0002160  Viridiplantae (NCBITaxon:33090)
Casparian strip [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)

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