FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term specialized Malpighian tubule cell ID (Ontology) FBbt:00005794 (Fly Anatomy)
Definition Specialized cell of the Malpighian tubules. There are four different types: type I, type II, tip and tiny cell.[ FlyBase:FBrf0184042 ]
Also Known As "specialised Malpighian tubule cell"
Comment Other cell types are known to exist, but have yet not been identified (personal communication by Helen Skaer).
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Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       1
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 specialized Malpighian tubule cell (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1
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   |__somatic cell
       |__specialized Malpighian tubule cell  219 rec.
           |__adult specialized Malpighian tubule cell 117 rec.
           |   |__adult Malpighian tubule principal cell(+) 68 rec.
           |   |__adult Malpighian tubule tip cell(+)
           |   |__adult Malpighian tubule Type II cell(+) 35 rec.
           |   |__adult renal stem cell 6 rec.
           |__embryonic specialized Malpighian tubule cell 36 rec.
           |   |__embryonic Malpighian tubule tiny cell
           |   |__embryonic Malpighian tubule tip cell(+) 32 rec.
           |   |__embryonic Malpighian tubule Type I cell 1 rec.
           |   |__embryonic Malpighian tubule Type II cell 4 rec.
           |__embryonic/larval specialized Malpighian tubule cell 36 rec.
           |   |__embryonic/larval Malpighian tubule tiny cell
           |   |__embryonic/larval Malpighian tubule Type I cell 23 rec.
           |   |__embryonic/larval Malpighian tubule Type II cell 14 rec.
           |   |__larval Malpighian tubule tip cell(+) 2 rec.
           |__Malpighian tubule tiny cell 6 rec.
           |   |__adult renal stem cell 6 rec.
           |   |__embryonic Malpighian tubule tiny cell
           |   |__embryonic/larval Malpighian tubule tiny cell
           |__Malpighian tubule tip cell 65 rec.
           |   |__adult Malpighian tubule tip cell(+)
           |   |__anterior Malpighian tubule tip cell(+)
           |   |__embryonic Malpighian tubule tip cell(+) 32 rec.
           |   |__larval Malpighian tubule tip cell(+) 2 rec.
           |   |__posterior Malpighian tubule tip cell(+)
           |__Malpighian tubule Type I cell 95 rec.
           |   |__adult Malpighian tubule principal cell(+) 68 rec.
           |   |__embryonic Malpighian tubule Type I cell 1 rec.
           |   |__embryonic/larval Malpighian tubule Type I cell 23 rec.
           |__Malpighian tubule Type II cell 57 rec.
               |__adult Malpighian tubule Type II cell(+) 35 rec.
               |__embryonic Malpighian tubule Type II cell 4 rec.
               |__embryonic/larval Malpighian tubule Type II cell 14 rec.
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Is a somatic cell
Part of Malpighian tubule
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