AmiGO 2: Term Details for "contractile ring" (GO:0070938)

Accession: GO:0070938
Name: contractile ring
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: constriction ring, cytokinetic ring
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A cytoskeletal structure composed of filamentous protein that forms beneath the membrane of many cells or organelles, in the plane of cell or organelle division. Ring contraction is associated with centripetal growth of the membrane that divides the cytoplasm of the two daughter cells or organelles. Source: ISBN:0123645859, ISBN:0792354923, PMID:10791428, GOC:mah, PMID:17913889
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0070938 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
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subject	relation	object
contractile ring	RO:0002162	cellular organisms (NCBITaxon:131567)
contractile ring	BFO:0000050	cell (CL:0000000)
contractile ring	is_a	cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)

subject	relation	object
actomyosin contractile ring (GO:0005826)	is_a	contractile ring

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