cell body

I. Literature review

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Namecell body
IDGO_0044297
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Cellular component

Exact synonym

cell soma

Description

The portion of a cell bearing surface projections such as axons, dendrites, cilia, or flagella that includes the nucleus, but excludes all cell projections.

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.

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