AmiGO 2: Term Details for "virus tail, fiber" (GO:0098024)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0098024
Name: virus tail, fiber
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: bacteriophage tail fiber
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The fibrous region of the virus tail used to scan, recognize and attach to the host cell. Source: VZ:4416, GOC:bm
Comment: For tailed bacteriophages, fibers typically bind to particular Lipopolysaccharide (LPS), polysaccharide or protein receptors on the cell surface.
History: See term history for GO:0098024 at QuickGO
Chem. react.: None
Subset: None
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Parents of virus tail, fiber (GO:0098024)

subject	relation	object
virus tail, fiber	is_a	virion component (GO:0044423)
virus tail, fiber	BFO:0000050	virus tail (GO:0098015)

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VZ: 4416