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lipid particle (GO:0005811)
An intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle comprising a matrix of coalesced lipids surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer. May include associated proteins.
Notes:
- Note that this term does not refer to vesicles, but instead to structures in which lipids do not necessarily form bilayers
Specific
ascus lipid particle (GO:0005633)
monolayer-surrounded lipid storage body (GO:0012511)
General
intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043232)
References
gene ontology: GO:0005811