Term Information

Accession

GO:0005811

Ontology

cellular component

Synonyms

exact: adiposome

exact: lipid body

exact: lipid droplet

Definition

Any particle of coalesced lipids in the cytoplasm of a cell. May include associated proteins. [source: GOC:mah]

Comment

Note that this term does not refer to vesicles, but instead to structures in which lipids do not necessarily form bilayers.

Subset

• goslim_generic

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External References

SP_KW (1)

• KW-0551

SP_SL (1)

• SL-0154

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