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ventral disc crossbridge

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Structure horizontally linking adjacent microribbons of the ventral disc in Giardia species (trophozoite stage). The composition of crossbridges is not fully known yet. [ ]

Term info

Label

ventral disc crossbridge

comment

Due to the asymmetric nature of the Giardia trophozoite, this term is defined spatially as the trophozoite is viewed from the dorsal side, with the two nuclei dorsal to the ventral disc, and the ventral disc toward the anterior.

created by

paola

creation date

2014-04-03T11:23:33Z

has broad synonym

crossbridge

has obo namespace

cellular_component

has related synonym

ventral disk crossbridge

id

GO:0097595

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