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axoneme

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Note that cilia and eukaryotic flagella are deemed to be equivalent. In diplomonad species, such as Giardia, the axoneme may extend intracellularly up to 5um away from the plane of the plasma membrane.

Term info

Label

axoneme

database cross reference
Subsets

goslim_pir

definition

The bundle of microtubules and associated proteins that forms the core of cilia (also called flagella) in eukaryotic cells and is responsible for their movements.

has exact synonym

flagellum axoneme, flagellar axoneme, ciliary axoneme, cilium axoneme

has alternative id

GO:0035085, GO:0035086

has obo namespace

cellular_component

id

GO:0005930

imported from

http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/cl.owl