Category:GO:0005811 ! lipid droplet

name: lipid droplet
namespace: cellular_component
def: "An intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle comprising a matrix of coalesced lipids surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer. May include associated proteins." [GOC:mah, GOC:tb]
comment: Note that this term does not refer to vesicles, but instead to structures in which lipids do not necessarily form bilayers.
subset: goslim_chembl
subset: goslim_generic
synonym: "adiposome" EXACT []
synonym: "lipid body" EXACT []
synonym: "lipid particle" EXACT []
is_a: GO:0043232 ! intracellular membraneless organelle

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0005811</GOterm>
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