Planteome: Term Details for "syncytium formation" (GO:0006949)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0006949
Name: syncytium formation
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The formation of a syncytium, a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei enclosed within a single plasma membrane. Syncytia are normally derived from single cells that fuse or fail to complete cell division. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0006949 at QuickGO
Subset: goslim_pir
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to syncytium formation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to syncytium formation.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for syncytium formation.
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GO:0032502 developmental process
GO:0048856 anatomical structure development
GO:0008150 biological_process
BFO:0000015 process
GO:0009653 anatomical structure morphogenesis
GO:0048646 anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis
GO:0009987 cellular process
GO:0006949 syncytium formation
GO:0000769 syncytium formation by mitosis without cytokinesis
GO:0000768 syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion

Parents of syncytium formation (GO:0006949)

subject	relation	object
syncytium formation	is_a	cellular process (GO:0009987)
syncytium formation	is_a	anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis (GO:0048646)

Children of syncytium formation (GO:0006949)

subject	relation	object
syncytium formation by mitosis without cytokinesis (GO:0000769)	is_a	syncytium formation
syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion (GO:0000768)	is_a	syncytium formation