loading...| Preferred Name |
electric organ |
| Definitions |
A specialized tract of tissue (as in the electric eel) in which electricity is generated. modified muscle or nerve cells, which became specialized for producing bioelectric fields stronger than those that normal nerves or muscles produce (Albert and Crampton, 2006) |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/UBERON_0006869 |
| comment |
modified muscle or nerve cells, which became specialized for producing bioelectric fields stronger than those that normal nerves or muscles produce (Albert and Crampton, 2006) |
| database_cross_reference |
GAID:1210 TAO:0002037 Wikipedia:Electric_organ MESH:D004557 |
| definition |
A specialized tract of tissue (as in the electric eel) in which electricity is generated. |
| editor note |
TODO - request go term for function assignment; todo - add CL term for electrocyte |
| external_definition |
Organ that is used to produce an electric field, i.e. an electric organ discharge (EOD).[TAO] |
| has_obo_namespace |
uberon |
| id |
UBERON:0006869 |
| label |
electric organ |
| notation |
UBERON:0006869 |
| only in taxon | |
| prefLabel |
electric organ |
| subClassOf |