Term Information

Accession
GO:0001931
Name
uropod
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
uropodium, distal pole complex, retractile pole
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A membrane projection with related cytoskeletal components at the trailing edge of a cell in the process of migrating or being activated, found on the opposite side of the cell from the leading edge or immunological synapse, respectively. Source: PMID:12787750, ISBN:0781735149, PMID:12714569, GOC:add
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0001931 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of uropod (GO:0001931)
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uropod [is_a relation] is_a  plasma membrane bounded cell projection (GO:0120025)
uropod [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell trailing edge (GO:0031254)
Children of uropod (GO:0001931)
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uropod membrane (GO:0031259) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  uropod
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