Planteome: Term Details for "stereocilia tip link" (GO:0002140)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0002140
Name: stereocilia tip link
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: A stereocilia link that is formed by a fine filament running more or less vertically upward from the tip of each shorter stereocilium to attach at a higher point on its adjacent taller neighbor. Tilting the bundle puts tension on the filaments, which pull on mechanically gated ion channels in the membrane of the stereocilia. Source: PMID:1108787
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0002140 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to stereocilia tip link.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to stereocilia tip link.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for stereocilia tip link.
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