AmiGO 2: Term Details for "polar tube" (GO:0044099)

Accession: GO:0044099
Name: polar tube
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A highly specialized structure unique to microsporidia that is required for host cell invasion. In the spore, the polar tube is connected at the anterior end, and then coils around the sporoplasm. Upon appropriate environmental stimulation, the polar tube rapidly discharges out of the spore, pierces a cell membrane and serves as a conduit for sporoplasm passage into the new host cell. Source: PMID:12076771, PMID:9723921, GOC:mf
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0044099 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to polar tube (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to polar tube (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for polar tube (excluding "regulates").