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stem cell

^ http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000034

A relatively undifferentiated cell that retains the ability to divide and proliferate throughout life to provide progenitor cells that can differentiate into specialized cells. [ GOC:tfm MESH:D013234 ]

Synonyms: animal stem cell

Term info

database cross reference
  • CALOHA:TS-2086
  • FMA:63368
Subsets

human_reference_atlas

comment

This term applies to metazoan. For plant stem cells, consider using PO:0004011 ‘initial cell’ or its parent PO:0004010 ‘meristematic cell’.

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/uberon.owl, http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl

prefLabel

Stem cell

present in taxon

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/NCBITaxon_9606