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Accession
GO:0097209
Name
epidermal lamellar body
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A specialized secretory organelle found in keratinocytes and involved in the formation of an impermeable, lipid-containing membrane that serves as a water barrier and is required for correct skin barrier function. Source: GOC:cjm, Wikipedia:Lamellar_granule
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History
See term history for GO:0097209 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
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Subset
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Parents of epidermal lamellar body (GO:0097209)
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epidermal lamellar body [RO:0002162 relation] RO:0002162  Chordata (NCBITaxon:7711)
epidermal lamellar body [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  keratinocyte (CL:0000312)
epidermal lamellar body [is_a relation] is_a  lamellar body (GO:0042599)
Children of epidermal lamellar body (GO:0097209)
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epidermal lamellar body membrane (GO:0097234) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  epidermal lamellar body
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