lamellar body

id: GO:0042599
name: lamellar body
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A membrane-bounded organelle, specialized for the storage and secretion various substances (surfactant phospholipids, glycoproteins and acid phosphates) which are arranged in the form of tightly packed, concentric, membrane sheets or lamellae. Has some similar properties to, but is distinct from, a lysosome.

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