FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term molting cycle, chitin-based cuticle ID (Ontology) GO:0007591 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The periodic shedding of part or all of a chitin-based cuticle, which is then replaced by a new cuticle. An example of this is found in Drosophila melanogaster.
Also Known As "chitin-based cuticle molting cycle"
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_BIOLOGICAL_PROCESS      13
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 molting cycle, chitin-based cuticle (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)      13
     involved_in | molting cycle, chitin-based cuticle      13
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   |__molting cycle
       |__molting cycle, chitin-based cuticle  99 rec.
           |__chitin-based cuticle sclerotization 20 rec.
               |__chitin-based cuticle sclerotization by biomineralization
               |__chitin-based cuticle sclerotization by protein cross-linking
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