FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term eo sensory organ accessory cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00007254 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Modified epidermal cell that forms part of an eo-type sensillum and differentiates from the same sensory organ precursor cell as the sensory neuron(s) (Campos-Ortega and Hartenstein, 1997; Chai et al., 2019).[ FlyBase:FBrf0089570 FlyBase:FBrf0241429 FlyBase:FBrf0250923 FlyBase:FBrf0256245 ]
Also Known As "eo accessory cell" ; "eo support cell" ; "sensillum auxiliary cell"
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Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       3
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 eo sensory organ accessory cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       5     16      7      3
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epithelial cell
 |__epidermal cell______
somatic cell            |
 |__sensory organ cell__|
                        eo sensory organ accessory cell  3511 rec.
                         |__thecogen cell 119 rec.
                         |__tormogen cell 524 rec.
                         |__trichogen cell 3232 rec.
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Is a sensory organ cell
epidermal cell
Develops from external sensory organ precursor cell
Part of eo-type sensillum
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  • "eo accessory cell" EXACT
    "eo support cell" EXACT
    "sensillum auxiliary cell" EXACT[ FlyBase:FBrf0250923 ]
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VFB:FBbt_00007254