AmiGO 2: Term Details for "longitudinal flagellum" (GO:0097609)

Accession: GO:0097609
Name: longitudinal flagellum
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: longitudinal cilium
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A motile cilium found in dinoflagellates. It trails the cell and acts as a steering rudder. It is often partially contained in a furrow called the sulcus, and emerges from a flagellar pore located in the sulcus. Source: Wikipedia:Dinoflagellate#Morphology, ISBN:0632009152, GOC:at, http://tolweb.org/Dinoflagellates/2445, http://www.sms.si.edu/irlspec/Phyl_Dinofl_Glossary.htm
Comment: Note that we deem cilium and microtubule-based flagellum to be equivalent. In this case community usage refers to 'flagellum' rather than 'cilium', hence the primary term name, but the cilium parentage is deliberate.
History: See term history for GO:0097609 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
Related: Link to all genes and gene products annotated to longitudinal flagellum (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to longitudinal flagellum (excluding "regulates").; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for longitudinal flagellum (excluding "regulates").