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Accession
GO:0060473
Name
cortical granule
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
cortical vesicle
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Definition
A secretory vesicle that is stored under the cell membrane of an egg. These vesicles fuse with the egg plasma membrane as part of egg activation and are part of the block to polyspermy. Source: GOC:dph
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Parents of cortical granule (GO:0060473)
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cortical granule [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  egg cell (CL:0000025)
cortical granule [is_a relation] is_a  secretory granule (GO:0030141)
cortical granule [RO:0002162 relation] RO:0002162  Metazoa (NCBITaxon:33208)

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