megakaryocyte-erythroid progenitor cell

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/CL_0000050

A progenitor cell committed to the megakaryocyte and erythroid lineages. [ GOC:add GOC:tfm http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16647566 GOC:dsd MESH:D055015 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megakaryocyte-erythroid_progenitor_cell ]

Synonyms: megakaryocyte/erythrocyte progenitor, CFU-EM, colony forming unit erythroid megakaryocyte, Meg/E progenitor, megakaryocyte/erythroid progenitor cell, MEP, CFU-MegE

Tree view
Term history

Term info

Subsets

human_reference_atlas

comment

MEPs are reportedly CD19-negative, CD34-negative, CD45RA-negative, CD110-positive, CD117-positive, and SCA1-negative and reportedly express the transcription factors GATA-1 and NF-E2.

has obo namespace

cell

imported from

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

present in taxon

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

Term relations

Equivalent to:

hematopoietic oligopotent progenitor cell and capable of some erythrocyte differentiation and capable of some megakaryocyte differentiation

Subclass of:

Related from:

develops_from