AmiGO 2: Term Details for "apical complex" (GO:0020007)

Accession: GO:0020007
Name: apical complex
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A group of cytoskeletal structures and associated membrane-bounded organelles found at the anterior end of adult obligate intracellular protozoan parasites in the phylum Apicomplexa. The apical complex is involved in attachment to and penetration of the host cell, and in parasite proliferation. Source: GOC:giardia, GOC:mb, PMID:16518471
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0020007 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to apical complex (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to apical complex (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for apical complex (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
apical complex	is_a	cellular anatomical structure (GO:0110165)
apical complex	RO:0002162	Apicomplexa (NCBITaxon:5794)
apical complex	BFO:0000050	apical part of cell (GO:0045177)

subject	relation	object
polar ring of apical complex (GO:0020031)	BFO:0000050	apical complex
basal ring of apical complex (GO:0020032)	BFO:0000050	apical complex
subpellicular microtubule (GO:0020025)	BFO:0000050	apical complex
intraconoid microtubule (GO:0033289)	BFO:0000050	apical complex
mononeme (GO:0070074)	BFO:0000050	apical complex
conoid (GO:0020010)	BFO:0000050	apical complex
rhoptry (GO:0020008)	BFO:0000050	apical complex
exoneme (GO:0044311)	BFO:0000050	apical complex
microneme (GO:0020009)	BFO:0000050	apical complex

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