Planteome: Term Details for "xanthophore" (GO:0031633)

Accession: GO:0031633
Name: xanthophore
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A chromatophore containing yellow pigment. Source: ISBN:0395825172
Comment: Note that this term refers to a subcellular structure, and should not be confused with the specialized cells known as xanthophores, which produce yellow pigment and are found in fish and amphibian skin. Note that several terms in the biological process ontology ('xanthophore differentiation ; GO:0050936' and its children) refer to xanthophores in the sense of pigment-producing cells.
History: See term history for GO:0031633 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to xanthophore.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to xanthophore.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for xanthophore.
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