| Term: | Kupffer's vesicle pericentriolar material |
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| Note: | This page represents a term created by the combination ("post-composition") of two ontology terms. For more information on the individual terms, click the hyperlinked name. |
| Name: | Kupffer's vesicle |
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| Synonyms: | ciliated organ of asymmetry |
| Definition: | Small but distinctive epithelial sac containing fluid, located midventrally posterior to the yolk cell or its extension, and transiently present during most of the segmentation period. Kupffer's vesicle has been compared to the mouse embryonic node. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000001] |
| Name: | pericentriolar material |
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| Definition: | A network of small fibers that surrounds the centrioles in cells; contains the microtubule nucleating activity of the centrosome. |
| Ontology: | GO: Cellular Component [GO:0000242] QuickGO AmiGO |