id | GO:0044297   Detailed information |
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  name | cell body |
  namespace | cellular_component |
  def | "The portion of a cell bearing surface projections such as axons, dendrites, cilia, or flagella that includes the nucleus, but excludes all cell projections." [GOC:go_curators] |
  comment | Note that 'cell body' and 'cell soma' are not used in the literature for cells that lack projections, nor for some cells (e.g. yeast with mating projections) that do have projections. |
  subset | goslim_pir |
  synonym | "cell soma" EXACT [] |
  is_a | GO:0044464 ! cell part |
  created_by | jane |
  creation_date | 2010-02-05T10:37:16Z |