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Accession
GO:0031912
Name
oral apparatus
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
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Definition
Complex basket- or funnel-like structure used by the cell to collect food and channel it to the cytostome; includes specialized sub-structures made up of closely-spaced cilia and underlying basal bodies and fibrillar systems. Source: PMID:10503189
Comment
Note that this term refers to a subcellular structure characteristic of ciliate protozoans, and should not be confused with oral anatomical structures of multicellular animals.
History
See term history for GO:0031912 at QuickGO
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Subset
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Parents of oral apparatus (GO:0031912)
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oral apparatus [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell (CL:0000000)
oral apparatus [RO:0002162 relation] RO:0002162  Ciliophora (NCBITaxon:5878)
oral apparatus [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
Children of oral apparatus (GO:0031912)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
oral apparatus organization (GO:0032122) [RO:0002592 relation] RO:0002592  oral apparatus
deep fiber (GO:0032123) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  oral apparatus
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