Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
melanosome
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http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0042470
Term info
Label
melanosome
definition
A tissue-specific, membrane-bounded cytoplasmic organelle within which melanin pigments are synthesized and stored. Melanosomes are synthesized in melanocyte cells.
has obo namespace
cellular_component
id
GO:0042470
imported from
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl
never in taxon
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_6237, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_4895
Term relations
Subclass of:
- pigment granule
- part of some melanocyte
- in taxon some (not Caenorhabditis)
- not (in taxon some Caenorhabditis)
- only in taxon some Metazoa
- not (in taxon some Schizosaccharomyces)
- in taxon some (not Schizosaccharomyces)
- in taxon only Metazoa
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