Term Information

Accession
GO:0005938
Name
cell cortex
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
cell periphery, peripheral cytoplasm
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The region of a cell that lies just beneath the plasma membrane and often, but not always, contains a network of actin filaments and associated proteins. Source: GOC:mah, ISBN:0815316194, GOC:mah, ISBN:0815316194
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0005938 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_candida
goslim_yeast
Feedback
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Parents of cell cortex (GO:0005938)
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cell cortex [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell periphery (GO:0071944)
cell cortex [is_a relation] is_a  cytoplasm (GO:0005737)
Children of cell cortex (GO:0005938)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
septin ring (GO:0005940) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
cleavage apparatus septin structure (GO:0032161) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
nematocyst (GO:0042151) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
exocyst (GO:0000145) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
polarisome (GO:0000133) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
cell cortex region (GO:0099738) [is_a relation] is_a  cell cortex
cortical cytoskeleton (GO:0030863) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
endocytic patch (GO:0061645) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
cortical endoplasmic reticulum (GO:0032541) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
septin complex (GO:0031105) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
maintenance of protein location in cell cortex (GO:0032065) [BFO:0000066 relation] BFO:0000066  cell cortex
cortical dynamic polarity patch (GO:0090726) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cell cortex
Wikipedia
Cell_cortex