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A structure that lies outside the plasma membrane and surrounds the entire cell. A glycoprotein-based structure that lies outside the plasma membrane and surrounds the egg before fertilization. Any constituent part of a cell, the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: vitelline envelope
Acc: GO:0060388
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: A glycoprotein-based structure that lies outside the plasma membrane and surrounds the egg before fertilization.
Synonyms:
  • fertilization membrane
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 6 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 6 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0060388 - vitelline envelope (interactive image map)
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