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Term Information

Accession
GO:0048770
Name
pigment granule
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
A small, subcellular membrane-bounded vesicle containing pigment and/or pigment precursor molecules. Pigment granule biogenesis is poorly understood, as pigment granules are derived from multiple sources including the endoplasmic reticulum, coated vesicles, lysosomes, and endosomes. Source: GOC:mh, GOC:jid
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0048770 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of pigment granule (GO:0048770)
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pigment granule [is_a relation] is_a  cytoplasmic vesicle (GO:0031410)
Children of pigment granule (GO:0048770)
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cyanosome (GO:0043701) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment granule
leucosome (GO:0043699) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment granule
iridosome (GO:0043698) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment granule
melanosome (GO:0042470) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment granule
pigment granule membrane (GO:0090741) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  pigment granule
pterinosome (GO:0043700) [is_a relation] is_a  pigment granule
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