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Term Information

Accession
GO:0005811
Name
lipid droplet
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
adiposome, lipid body, lipid particle
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
An intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle comprising a matrix of coalesced lipids surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer. May include associated proteins. Source: GOC:tb, GOC:mah
Comment
Note that this term does not refer to vesicles, but instead to structures in which lipids do not necessarily form bilayers.
History
See term history for GO:0005811 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_chembl
goslim_generic
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Parents of lipid droplet (GO:0005811)
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lipid droplet [is_a relation] is_a  intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043232)
Children of lipid droplet (GO:0005811)
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ascus lipid droplet (GO:0005633) [is_a relation] is_a  lipid droplet
monolayer-surrounded lipid storage body (GO:0012511) [is_a relation] is_a  lipid droplet
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