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zona pellucida
- Term ID
- UBERON:0000086
- Synonyms
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- oolemma
- pellucid zone
- striated membrane
- vitelline envelope
- vitelline membrane
- zona pellucida - vitelline membrane
- zona radiata
- zona striata
- Definition
- A glycoprotein membrane surrounding the plasma membrane of an oocyte. It is a vital constitutive part of the latter, external but not extraneous to it. The zona pellucida first appears in multilaminar primary oocytes. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_pellucida
- References
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- BTO:0003135
- EHDAA2:0002220
- EHDAA:31
- EHDAA:62
- EMAPA:16035
- GAID:410
- MA:0001715
- MESH:D015044
- NCIT:C33896
- TAO:0001111
- UMLS:C0043519
- VHOG:0000720
- ZFA:0001111
- Zona:pellucida
- http://linkedlifedata.com/resource/umls/id/C0043519
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