Term: retinal pigmented epithelium lipid droplet formation
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Name: retinal pigmented epithelium
Synonyms: pigmented epithelium, pigmented retina, pigmented retinal epithelium, PRE, RPE
Definition: A monolayer of pigmented epithelium covering the neural retina; develops from the outer of the two layers of the optic cup.
Ontology: Anatomy Ontology [ZFA:0000144]
Name: lipid droplet formation
Synonyms: adiposome formation, lipid body formation, lipid particle formation
Definition: A process that results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts of a lipid droplet.
Ontology: GO: Biological Process [GO:0140042]    QuickGO    AmiGO