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ONTOLOGY REPORT - ANNOTATIONS


Term:macronucleus
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Definition:A membrane-bounded organelle of ciliated protozoan cells that contains polyploid copies of a portion of the cell's complete genome. Transcription of genes occurs in macronuclei. Some ciliate species may contain multiple macronuclei per cell.
Synonyms:xref: Wikipedia:Macronucleus
 only_in_taxon: NCBITaxon:5878 ! Ciliophora



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  cellular_component 20810
    cellular anatomical entity 20423
      organelle 15584
        membrane-bounded organelle 14669
          intracellular membrane-bounded organelle 13434
            nucleus 8682
              macronucleus 0
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