Planteome: Term Details for "cyst wall" (GO:0097570)

Accession: GO:0097570
Name: cyst wall
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The specialized envelope lying outside the cell membrane of a cyst. A cyst is a resting or dormant stage of a microorganism, usually a bacterium or a protist or rarely an invertebrate animal, that helps the organism to survive in unfavorable environmental conditions. In protists such as protozoan parasites alternating cystic- and non-cystic stages, the cyst wall is usually composed of carbohydrates and proteins. Source: GOC:giardia, PMID:15134259, PMID:2026212, Wikipedia:Microbial_cyst
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0097570 at QuickGO
Subset: None
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