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==General guidelines to write a good textual definition==
==General guidelines to write a good textual definition==
All definitions in GO should follow a genus-differentia pattern. This means they should be constructed such that they are a type of the parent term, that is distinguished from its siblings in some way. For example, a spindle microtubule is defined as "Any microtubule that is part of a mitotic or meiotic spindle; anchored at one spindle pole.".
All definitions in GO should follow a genus-differentia pattern. This means they should be constructed such that they are a type of the parent term, that is distinguished from its siblings in some way. For example, a spindle microtubule is defined as "Any microtubule that is part of a mitotic or meiotic spindle; anchored at one spindle pole.".  
Genus: Any microtubule
Differentia: part of a mitotic or meiotic spindle; anchored at one spindle pole"


; membrane fusion  
; membrane fusion  

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General guidelines to write a good textual definition

All definitions in GO should follow a genus-differentia pattern. This means they should be constructed such that they are a type of the parent term, that is distinguished from its siblings in some way. For example, a spindle microtubule is defined as "Any microtubule that is part of a mitotic or meiotic spindle; anchored at one spindle pole.". Genus: Any microtubule Differentia: part of a mitotic or meiotic spindle; anchored at one spindle pole"

membrane fusion
The joining of the lipid bilayer membrane around X to the lipid bilayer membrane around Y.
cellular component organization
A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cellular component.
cellular component biogenesis
The process by which a cellular component is synthesized, aggregates, and bonds together.
macromolecular complex assembly
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a macromolecular complex.
xxx distribution
Any process that establishes the spatial arrangement of xxx.