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Accession
GO:0001520
Name
outer dense fiber
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
outer dense fibre
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Definition
A supramolecular fiber found in the flagella of mammalian sperm that surrounds the nine microtubule doublets. These dense fibers are stiff and noncontractile. In human, they consist of about 10 major and at least 15 minor proteins, where all major proteins are ODF1, ODF2 or ODF2-related proteins. Source: GOC:krc, GOC:cilia, PMID:10381817, PMID:25361759, PMID:21586547, ISBN:0824072820
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outer dense fiber [RO:0002160 relation] RO:0002160  Mammalia (NCBITaxon:40674)
outer dense fiber [is_a relation] is_a  polymeric cytoskeletal fiber (GO:0099513)
outer dense fiber [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  sperm flagellum (GO:0036126)

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