Preferred Name |
microtubule |
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Synonyms |
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Definitions |
Any of the long, generally straight, hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells; each consists (usually) of 13 protofilaments of polymeric tubulin, staggered in such a manner that the tubulin monomers are arranged in a helical pattern on the microtubular surface, and with the alpha/beta axes of the tubulin subunits parallel to the long axis of the tubule; exist in equilibrium with pool of tubulin monomers and can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to physiological stimuli; concerned with force generation, e.g. in the spindle. |
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ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/XAO_0005122 |
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created by |
eriksegerdell |
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creation date |
2016-09-03T19:21:41Z |
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database_cross_reference |
GO:0005874 |
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definition |
Any of the long, generally straight, hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells; each consists (usually) of 13 protofilaments of polymeric tubulin, staggered in such a manner that the tubulin monomers are arranged in a helical pattern on the microtubular surface, and with the alpha/beta axes of the tubulin subunits parallel to the long axis of the tubule; exist in equilibrium with pool of tubulin monomers and can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to physiological stimuli; concerned with force generation, e.g. in the spindle. |
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has_obo_namespace |
xenopus_anatomy |
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id |
XAO:0005122 |
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label |
microtubule |
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notation |
XAO:0005122 |
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prefLabel |
microtubule |
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subClassOf |