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All of the contents of a cell excluding the plasma membrane and nucleus, but including other subcellular structures. Differentiated cytoplasm associated with a pole of an oocyte, egg or early embryo that will be inherited by the cells that will give rise to the germ line. Any constituent part of the living contents of a cell; the matter contained within (but not including) the plasma membrane, usually taken to exclude large vacuoles and masses of secretory or ingested material. In eukaryotes it includes the nucleus and cytoplasm. Differentiated cytoplasm associated with a pole (animal, vegetal, anterior, or posterior) of an oocyte, egg or early embryo.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: pole plasm
Acc: GO:0045495
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: Differentiated cytoplasm associated with a pole (animal, vegetal, anterior, or posterior) of an oocyte, egg or early embryo.
Synonyms:
  • polar plasm
  • germ plasm
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 10 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 88 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0045495 - pole plasm (interactive image map)
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