Term Information

Accession
GO:0030016
Name
myofibril
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The contractile element of skeletal and cardiac muscle; a long, highly organized bundle of actin, myosin, and other proteins that contracts by a sliding filament mechanism. Source: ISBN:0815316194
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0030016 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of myofibril (GO:0030016)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
myofibril [is_a relation] is_a  contractile fiber (GO:0043292)
Children of myofibril (GO:0030016)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
skeletal muscle myofibril (GO:0098723) [is_a relation] is_a  myofibril
sarcomere (GO:0030017) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  myofibril
costamere (GO:0043034) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  myofibril
cardiac myofibril (GO:0097512) [is_a relation] is_a  myofibril
myofilament (GO:0036379) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  myofibril
Wikipedia
Myofibril