A glycoprotein membrane surrounding the plasma membrane of an oocyte. It is a vital constitutive part of the latter, external but not extraneous to it. The zona pellucida first appears in multilaminar primary oocytes. [ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zona_pellucida ]
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Term information
database
cross reference
- MESH:D015044
- EHDAA:31
- NCIT:C33896
- MA:0001715
- Wikipedia:Zona_pellucida
- EHDAA:62
- ZFA:0001111
- EMAPA:16035
- BTO:0003135
- FMA:18674
- GAID:410
- EHDAA2:0002220
- TAO:0001111
Subsets
pheno_slim, vertebrate_core, human_reference_atlas
has related synonym
zona radiata
vitelline envelope
vitelline membrane
pellucid zone
zona striata
oolemma
striated membrane
Term relations
Subclass of:
- acellular membrane
- part of some ovary
- bounding layer of some oocyte
- has part some glycoprotein
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