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Erythrocyte

Erythrocyte

An erythrocyte, or red blood cell, carries oxygen through the blood using hemoglobin.

CELL ONTOLOGY IDENTIFIERCL:0000232View source record ↗

Overview

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An erythrocyte, or red blood cell, carries oxygen through the blood using .

Quick Facts

AT A GLANCE
Body systemBlood & Immunity
Typical locationCirculating blood
Lineage / classHematopoietic · erythroid
Cell Ontology IDCL:0000232

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ConceptMajor Human Cell TypesincludesCell typeBlood CellincludesPathwayGlycolysisuses pathwayPathwayPentose Phosphate pathwayuses pathway
All 5 Structured Connections
Major Human Cell Types · ConceptINCLUDES →Erythrocyte · Cell type
Blood Cell · Cell typeINCLUDES →Erythrocyte · Cell type
Erythrocyte · Cell typeSUBTYPE OF →Blood Cell · Cell type
Erythrocyte · Cell typeUSES PATHWAY →Glycolysis · Pathway
Erythrocyte · Cell typeUSES PATHWAY →Pentose Phosphate pathway · Pathway

Recommended Reading

Trusted references for learning more about Erythrocyte.

databaseCell Ontology (CL)OBO Foundry · European Bioinformatics Institute Ontology Lookup Service pathwayGlycolysis (R-HSA-70171)Reactome · Homo sapiens pathwayPentose phosphate pathway (R-HSA-71336)Reactome · Homo sapiens
Research Claims

Erythrocyte is represented as a distinct cell-type class in the Cell Ontology (CL:0000232).