AmiGO 2: Term Details for "microvillus" (GO:0005902)

Accession: GO:0005902
Name: microvillus
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: microvilli
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Thin cylindrical membrane-covered projections on the surface of an animal cell containing a core bundle of actin filaments. Present in especially large numbers on the absorptive surface of intestinal cells. Source: ISBN:0815316194
Comment: Note that this term refers to a projection from a single cell, and should not be confused with 'microvillus' as used to refer to a multicellular structure such as that found in the placenta.
History: See term history for GO:0005902 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: goslim_pir
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to microvillus (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to microvillus (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for microvillus (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
microvillus	BFO:0000050	epithelial cell (CL:0000066)
microvillus	BFO:0000051	actin filament bundle (GO:0032432)
microvillus	is_a	actin-based cell projection (GO:0098858)
microvillus	RO:0002162	Metazoa (NCBITaxon:33208)

subject	relation	object
Stiftchenzellen (CL:0007017)	BFO:0000051	microvillus
layer of microvilli (UBERON:0012423)	RO:0002473	microvillus
brush border (GO:0005903)	BFO:0000051	microvillus
microvillus assembly (GO:0030033)	RO:0002588	microvillus
rhabdomere microvillus (GO:0035996)	is_a	microvillus
microvillar actin bundle (GO:0097516)	BFO:0000050	microvillus
microvillus organization (GO:0032528)	RO:0002592	microvillus
protein localization to microvillus (GO:1904106)	RO:0002339	microvillus
club cell (CL:0000158)	RO:0002104	microvillus
Schwann cell microvillus (GO:0097454)	is_a	microvillus
microvillus membrane (GO:0031528)	BFO:0000050	microvillus