AmiGO 2: Term Details for "elastic fiber" (GO:0071953)

Accession: GO:0071953
Name: elastic fiber
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: elastic fibre, elastin fiber
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: An supramolecular fiber that consists of an insoluble core of polymerized tropoelastin monomers and a surrounding mantle of microfibrils. Elastic fibers provide elasticity and recoiling to tissues and organs, and maintain structural integrity against mechanical strain. Source: PMID:20236620, GOC:BHF, GOC:mah
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0071953 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to elastic fiber (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to elastic fiber (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for elastic fiber (excluding "regulates").

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For more information, please see the ontology relation documentation.

subject	relation	object
elastic fiber	BFO:0000050	extracellular matrix (GO:0031012)
elastic fiber	is_a	supramolecular fiber (GO:0099512)
elastic fiber	RO:0002162	cellular organisms (NCBITaxon:131567)

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