Term Information

Accession
GO:0031430
Name
M band
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
M disc, mesophragma, M line, midline
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The midline of aligned thick filaments in a sarcomere; location of specific proteins that link thick filaments. Depending on muscle type the M band consists of different numbers of M lines. Source: GOC:mtg_muscle, ISBN:0198506732, ISBN:0815316194
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0031430 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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Parents of M band (GO:0031430)
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M band [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
M band [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  A band (GO:0031672)

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