AmiGO 2: Term Details for "intermediate filament" (GO:0005882)

Accession: GO:0005882
Name: intermediate filament
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: intermediate filament associated protein, type I intermediate filament associated protein, type II intermediate filament associated protein
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cytoskeletal structure that forms a distinct elongated structure, characteristically 10 nm in diameter, that occurs in the cytoplasm of eukaryotic cells. Intermediate filaments form a fibrous system, composed of chemically heterogeneous subunits and involved in mechanically integrating the various components of the cytoplasmic space. Intermediate filaments may be divided into five chemically distinct classes: Type I, acidic keratins; Type II, basic keratins; Type III, including desmin, vimentin and others; Type IV, neurofilaments and related filaments; and Type V, lamins. Source: ISBN:0198506732, http://www.cytochemistry.net/Cell-biology/intermediate_filaments.htm
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0005882 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to intermediate filament (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to intermediate filament (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for intermediate filament (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
intermediate filament	BFO:0000050	intermediate filament cytoskeleton (GO:0045111)
intermediate filament	is_a	polymeric cytoskeletal fiber (GO:0099513)

subject	relation	object
glial filament (GO:0097426)	is_a	intermediate filament
type III intermediate filament (GO:0045098)	is_a	intermediate filament
keratin filament (GO:0045095)	is_a	intermediate filament
neurofilament (GO:0005883)	is_a	intermediate filament
intermediate filament binding (GO:0019215)	RO:0004009	intermediate filament
lamin filament (GO:0005638)	is_a	intermediate filament
intermediate filament organization (GO:0045109)	RO:0002592	intermediate filament