GO Term : GO:0048226 Casparian strip GO

Namespace:  cellular_component Obsolete:  false
description  Region of plant cell wall specialised to act as a seal to prevent back leakage of secreted material (analogous to tight junction between epithelial cells). Found particularly where root parenchymal cells secrete solutes into xylem vessels. The barrier is composed of suberin; a fatty substance, containing long chain fatty acids and fatty esters, also found in the cell walls of cork cells (phellem) in higher plants.

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GO:0005618 cell wall The rigid or semi-rigid envelope lying outside the cell membrane of plant, fungal, most prokaryotic cells and some protozoan parasites, maintaining their shape and protecting them from osmotic lysis. In plants it is made of cellulose and, often, lignin; in fungi it is composed largely of polysaccharides; in bacteria it is composed of peptidoglycan; in protozoan parasites such as Giardia species, it's made of carbohydrates and proteins.
GO:0044464 cell part Any constituent part of a cell, the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms.
GO:0005575 cellular_component The part of a cell or its extracellular environment in which a gene product is located. A gene product may be located in one or more parts of a cell and its location may be as specific as a particular macromolecular complex, that is, a stable, persistent association of macromolecules that function together.
GO:0005623 cell The basic structural and functional unit of all organisms. Includes the plasma membrane and any external encapsulating structures such as the cell wall and cell envelope.
GO:0071944 cell periphery The part of a cell encompassing the cell cortex, the plasma membrane, and any external encapsulating structures.
GO:0030312 external encapsulating structure A structure that lies outside the plasma membrane and surrounds the entire cell.
GO:0044426 cell wall part Any constituent part of the cell wall, the rigid or semi-rigid envelope lying outside the cell membrane of plant, fungal, and most prokaryotic cells, maintaining their shape and protecting them from osmotic lysis.
GO:0044462 external encapsulating structure part Any constituent part of an external encapsulating structure, a structure that lies outside the plasma membrane and surrounds the entire cell.
GO:0009505 plant-type cell wall A more or less rigid stucture lying outside the cell membrane of a cell and composed of cellulose and pectin and other organic and inorganic substances.
GO:0009531 secondary cell wall A plant cell wall that is no longer able to expand and so does not permit growth. Secondary cell walls contain less pectin that primary cell walls. The secondary cell is mostly composed of cellulose and is strengthened with lignin.
GO:0048226 Casparian strip Region of plant cell wall specialised to act as a seal to prevent back leakage of secreted material (analogous to tight junction between epithelial cells). Found particularly where root parenchymal cells secrete solutes into xylem vessels. The barrier is composed of suberin; a fatty substance, containing long chain fatty acids and fatty esters, also found in the cell walls of cork cells (phellem) in higher plants.

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is_a GO:0044426 GO:0048226
part of GO:0009531 GO:0048226
part of GO:0005618 GO:0048226
part of GO:0044464 GO:0048226
is_a GO:0044462 GO:0048226
part of GO:0005575 GO:0048226
part of GO:0009505 GO:0048226
part of GO:0030312 GO:0048226
is_a GO:0005575 GO:0048226
part of GO:0005623 GO:0048226
part of GO:0071944 GO:0048226
is_a GO:0044464 GO:0048226

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