loading...| Preferred Name |
microtubule |
| Synonyms |
microtubulus microtubuli neurotubule |
| 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. |
| ID |
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0005874 |
| database_cross_reference |
Wikipedia:Microtubule NIF_Subcellular:sao1846835077 |
| 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. |
| has_exact_synonym |
microtubulus microtubuli |
| has_narrow_synonym |
neurotubule |
| has_obo_namespace |
cellular_component |
| id |
GO:0005874 |
| in_subset | |
| label |
microtubule |
| notation |
GO:0005874 |
| part_of | |
| prefLabel |
microtubule |
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