Term Information

Accession
GO:0005819
Name
spindle
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The array of microtubules and associated molecules that forms between opposite poles of a eukaryotic cell during mitosis or meiosis and serves to move the duplicated chromosomes apart. Source: ISBN:0198547684
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005819 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of spindle (GO:0005819)
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spindle [is_a relation] is_a  intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle (GO:0043232)
spindle [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  microtubule cytoskeleton (GO:0015630)
Children of spindle (GO:0005819)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
spindle pole (GO:0000922) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  spindle
MMXD complex (GO:0071817) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  spindle
aster (GO:0005818) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  spindle
mitotic spindle (GO:0072686) [is_a relation] is_a  spindle
spindle midzone (GO:0051233) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  spindle
meiotic spindle (GO:0072687) [is_a relation] is_a  spindle
spindle microtubule (GO:0005876) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  spindle
Wikipedia
Spindle_apparatus