Subcellular Location Ontology

See: Cellular Component, Ontology.

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• http://www.uniprot.org/docs/subcell
  • Description: Controlled vocabulary of subcellular locations and membrane topologies and orientations.
  • This document lists the UniProtKB controlled vocabulary used for the subcellular locations (including the membrane topologies and orientations terms) in the SUBCELLULAR LOCATION lines.
• It provides definitions of the terms as well as other relevant information in the following format:

• http://www.ebi.ac.uk/ego/DisplayGoTerm?id=GO:0005575
  • “The part of a Cell or its Extracellular Environment in which a Gene Product is Located. A gene product may be located in one or more parts of a cell and its location may be as specific as a particular macromolecular complex, that is, a stable, persistent association of macromolecules that function together."
  • Child Terms:
    • GO:0005623: cell
    • GO:0044464: cell part
    • GO:0031975: envelope
    • GO:0031012: extracellular matrix
    • GO:0044420: extracellular matrix part
    • GO:0005576: extracellular region
    • GO:0044421: extracellular region part
    • GO:0031974: membrane-enclosed lumen
    • GO:0008370: obsolete cellular component
    • GO:0043226: organelle
    • GO:0044422: organelle part
    • GO:0043234: protein complex
    • GO:0045202: synapse
    • GO:0044456: synapse part
    • GO:0019012: virion
    • GO:0044423: virion part