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unidimensional cell growth

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The process in which a cell irreversibly increases in size in one [spatial] dimension or along one axis, resulting in the morphogenesis of the cell. [ https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=bn%3A0943088399 ]

Term info

Label

unidimensional cell growth

Synonyms
  • cell growth along one axis
  • cell growth in one dimension
  • cell morphogenesis by unidimensional growth
  • polar cell growth
  • polarized cell growth
Subsets

gosubset_prok

IAO 0000412

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/go.owl

comment

Unidimensional cell growth refers to a change in both cell size and cell shape. For cell shape changes where cell size is not affected, consider instead the term 'regulation of cell shape ; GO:0008360' and its children.

has narrow synonym

cell elongation

has obo namespace

biological_process

id

GO:0009826