| Term: | pronephric duct establishment or maintenance of cell polarity |
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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: | pronephric duct |
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| Synonyms: | pronephric ducts |
| Definition: | Duct of the embryonic kidney, present bilaterally ventral to the somites and leading to the cloacal chamber. Wingert et al. have suggested that the pronephric duct as described traditionally may consist of subregions which are analogous to portions of the tubule segment of mammalian and other fish nephrons. |
| Ontology: | Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000150] |
| Name: | establishment or maintenance of cell polarity |
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| Synonyms: | cell polarity, establishment and/or maintenance of cell polarity, establishment and/or maintenance of cell polarization |
| Definition: | Any cellular process that results in the specification, formation or maintenance of anisotropic intracellular organization or cell growth patterns. |
| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process [GO:0007163] QuickGO AmiGO |