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cilium-dependent cell motility

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Note that we deem eukaryotic cilia and microtubule-based flagella to be equivalent.

Term info

Label

cilium-dependent cell motility

definition

Cell motility due to the motion of one or more eukaryotic cilia. A eukaryotic cilium is a specialized organelle that consists of a filiform extrusion of the cell surface. Each cilium is bounded by an extrusion of the cytoplasmic (plasma) membrane, and contains a regular longitudinal array of microtubules, anchored basally in a centriole.

has exact synonym

cilium cell motility, microtubule-based flagellar cell motility

has alternative id

GO:0071974

has obo namespace

biological_process

has related synonym

ciliary cell motility

id

GO:0060285

imported from

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