FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term syncytium formation ID (Ontology) GO:0006949 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The formation of a syncytium, a mass of cytoplasm containing several nuclei enclosed within a single plasma membrane. Syncytia are normally derived from single cells that fuse or fail to complete cell division.[ ISBN:0198506732 ]
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 |__cellular process__________________________________________
anatomical structure morphogenesis                            |
 |__anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis__|
developmental process                                         |
 |__anatomical structure formation involved in morphogenesis__|
                                                              syncytium formation  38 rec.
                                                               |__syncytium formation by mitosis without cytokinesis
                                                               |__syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion 38 rec.
                                                                   |__macrophage fusion(+)
                                                                   |__myoblast fusion(+) 38 rec.
                                                                   |__osteoclast fusion
                                                                   |__regulation of syncytium formation by plasma membrane fusion(+) 9 rec.
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