AmiGO 2: Term Details for "retinal pigment epithelium development" (GO:0003406)

Accession: GO:0003406
Name: retinal pigment epithelium development
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: RPE development
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The progression of the retinal pigment epithelium over time, from its initial formation to the mature structure. The retinal pigment epithelium is the melanin-containing layer of cells between the retina and the choroid that absorbs scattered and reflected light and removes waste products produced by the photoreceptor cells. Source: GOC:dph, GOC:tb, GOC:ascb_2009
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0003406 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to retinal pigment epithelium development (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to retinal pigment epithelium development (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for retinal pigment epithelium development (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
retinal pigment epithelium development	RO:0002162	Vertebrata (NCBITaxon:7742)
retinal pigment epithelium development	is_a	epithelium development (GO:0060429)
retinal pigment epithelium development	BFO:0000050	retina development in camera-type eye (GO:0060041)
retinal pigment epithelium development	RO:0002296	pigmented layer of retina (UBERON:0001782)

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retinal pigment epithelium development