AmiGO 2: Term Details for "cytoneme" (GO:0035230)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0035230
Name: cytoneme
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: membrane nanotube
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A long, thin, polarized cell projection that contains actin and can extend for distances many times the diameter of the cell. Cytonemes represent extensions of cell cytoplasm and typically have a diameter of approximately 0.2um. Source: PMID:10675901, PMID:10367889
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0035230 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: goslim_pir
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to cytoneme (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to cytoneme (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for cytoneme (excluding "regulates").

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CARO:0030000 biological entity
CARO:0000000 anatomical entity
UBERON:0001062 anatomical entity
CARO:0000006 material anatomical entity
CARO:0000003 connected anatomical structure
UBERON:0000465 material anatomical entity
UBERON:0000061 anatomical structure
GO:0005575 cellular_component
CL:0000000 cell
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0042995 cell projection
GO:0120025 plasma membrane bounded cell projection
GO:0035230 cytoneme

Parents of cytoneme (GO:0035230)

subject	relation	object
cytoneme	is_a	plasma membrane bounded cell projection (GO:0120025)

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Wikipedia: Membrane_nanotube