Term Information

Accession
GO:0020016
Name
ciliary pocket
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
cilial pocket, cilium pocket, flagellar pocket
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
Invagination of the plasma membrane from which a cilium (also called flagellum) protrudes. Source: GOC:cilia, GOC:mb
Comment
Note that cilia and eukaryotic flagella are deemed to be equivalent. In this case community usage is mostly 'flagellar', but the primary term name reflects the cilium parentage.
History
See term history for GO:0020016 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of ciliary pocket (GO:0020016)
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ciliary pocket [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
ciliary pocket [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cilium (GO:0005929)
Children of ciliary pocket (GO:0020016)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
ciliary centrin arm (GO:0120269) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ciliary pocket
ciliary pocket collar (GO:1990900) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ciliary pocket
ciliary pocket membrane (GO:0020018) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  ciliary pocket
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