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Term Information

Accession
GO:0031633
Name
xanthophore
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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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
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xanthophore [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane-derived chromatophore (GO:0042716)

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