root giant cell

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Accession
PO:0005026
Aspect
plant anatomy
Synonyms
exact: célula gigante de la raíz (Spanish)
exact: 根巨大細胞 (Japanese)
Definition
Multinucleate cell developed by a series of events involving kayokinesis but not cytokinesis of the initial feeding cell. The events are induced by root knot nematodes (e.g., Meloidogyne sp. ) entering the feeding cells (any cells) of the root vascular system. [source: GR:Pankaj_Jaiswal, PMID:15053756]
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