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plasma cell
- Term ID
- ZFA:0009332
- Synonyms
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- plasmacyte
- Definition
- A terminally differentiated, post-mitotic, antibody secreting cell of the B cell lineage with the phenotype CD138-positive, surface immunonoglobulin-negative, and MHC Class II-negative. Plasma cells are oval or round with extensive rough endoplasmic reticulum, a well-developed Golgi apparatus, and a round nucleus having a characteristic cartwheel heterochromatin pattern and are devoted to producing large amounts of immunoglobulin. (2)
- Appears at
- Unknown
- Evident until
- Adult (90d-730d, breeding adult)
- References
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- CL:0000786
- TAO:0009332
- Ontology
- Anatomy Ontology
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- is a type of
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