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Filopodia

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A slender projection of the plasma membrane at the leading edge of migrating cells. This protrusion contains bundles of long, crosslinked actin filaments. [ ]

Term info

Label

Filopodia

Synonyms
  • Filopodia
Preferred Name

Filopodia

Semantic Type

Cell Component

UMLS CUI

C0600315

code

C32605