FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term principal midgut epithelial cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00005784 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Cell type that corresponds to the majority of midgut rudiment cells in the embryo (Tepass and Hartenstein, 1994). Shortly before and during germ band retraction, these cells reorganize to form the midgut epithelium, undergoing a mesenchymal-epithelial transition, and most become columnar (Tepass and Hartenstein, 1994).[ FlyBase:FBrf0041814 FlyBase:FBrf0074599 ]
Also Known As "PMEC"
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       4
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     principal midgut epithelial cell | maternal effect       1       --
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 |__somatic cell of embryonic/larval midgut primordium__|
                                                        principal midgut epithelial cell  5 rec.
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