Term Information

Accession
GO:0036057
Name
slit diaphragm
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
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Alternate IDs
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Definition
A specialized cell-cell junction found between the interdigitating foot processes of the glomerular epithelium (the podocytes) in the vertebrate kidney, which is adapted for facilitating glomerular filtration. Source: GOC:rph, GOC:mtg_kidney_jan10, PMID:19478094, PMID:15994232, PMID:12386277, PMID:18971929
Comment
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History
See term history for GO:0036057 at QuickGO
Subset
None
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slit diaphragm [is_a relation] is_a  filtration diaphragm (GO:0036056)

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