AmiGO 2: Term Details for "peristalsis" (GO:0030432)

Accession: GO:0030432
Name: peristalsis
Ontology: biological_process
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A wavelike sequence of involuntary muscular contraction and relaxation that passes along a tubelike structure, such as the intestine, impelling the contents onwards. Source: ISBN:0198506732
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0030432 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to peristalsis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to peristalsis (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for peristalsis (excluding "regulates").

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subject	relation	object
peristalsis	is_a	phasic smooth muscle contraction (GO:0014821)

subject	relation	object
muscular coat of digestive tract (UBERON:0018261)	RO:0002216	peristalsis
ureteric peristalsis (GO:0072105)	is_a	peristalsis
peristaltic circulatory vessel (UBERON:0015227)	RO:0002215	peristalsis
myenteric nerve plexus (UBERON:0002439)	RO:0002216	peristalsis