Details for haustorium

haustorium
haustoriumBTO (BRENDA Tissue Ontology) ID
BTO:0000515
BTO:0000515 is linked to 6 enzymes:
Definition
A specialized absorbing structure of a parasitic plant, such as the rootlike outgrowth of the dodder, that obtains food from a host plant. In parasitic fungi, haustoria are specialized hyphae that penetrate the cells of other organisms and absorb nutrients directly from them
References
1. The American Heritage Science Dictionary: Copyright 2005
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