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VERTEBRATE TRAIT ONTOLOGY - ANNOTATIONS

The Vertebrate Trait Ontology (VT) is being developed as a collaborative effort between the Rat Genome Database at the Medical College of Wisconsin (RGD, http://rgd.mcw.edu), Mouse Genome Informatics at the Jackson Laboratory (http://www.informatics.jax.org/) and the Animal QTL database at Iowa State University (http://www.animalgenome.org/cgi-bin/QTLdb/index). For more information about this vocabulary, or to request additions or changes, please contact us (http://rgd.mcw.edu/contact/index.shtml).

Term:liver cholesterol amount
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Accession:VT:0010498 term browser browse the term
Definition:The proportion, quantity, or volume in the bile-secreting exocrine gland of the most abundant steroid in animal tissues, precursor to steroid hormones and bile salts; also component of plasma membranes.



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  vertebrate trait 6
    organ system trait 6
      alimentary system trait 0
        hepatobiliary system morphology trait 0
          liver morphology trait 0
            liver molecular composition trait 0
              liver sterol amount 0
                liver cholesterol amount 0
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  vertebrate trait 6
    organism trait 1
      homeostasis trait 1
        molecule homeostasis trait 1
          lipid homeostasis trait 1
            sterol homeostasis trait 1
              sterol amount 1
                cholesterol amount 1
                  liver cholesterol amount 0
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