Term Information

Accession
GO:0036064
Name
ciliary basal body
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
cilial basal body, cilium basal body, kinetosome, microtubule basal body, basal body
Alternate IDs
GO:0005932
Definition
A membrane-tethered, short cylindrical array of microtubules and associated proteins found at the base of a eukaryotic cilium (also called flagellum) that is similar in structure to a centriole and derives from it. The cilium basal body is the site of assembly and remodeling of the cilium and serves as a nucleation site for axoneme growth. As well as anchoring the cilium, it is thought to provide a selective gateway regulating the entry of ciliary proteins and vesicles by intraflagellar transport. Source: PMID:21750193, GOC:clt, GOC:cilia
Comment
In most eukaryotic cells, 'ciliary basal body' (GO:0036064) and 'centriole' (GO:0005814) represent a common entity that cycles through its function in cell division, then ciliogenesis, then cell division again. However, these structures are modified extensively as they transition into each other, and may contain different proteins, specific to each component.
History
See term history for GO:0036064 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of ciliary basal body (GO:0036064)
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ciliary basal body [is_a relation] is_a  microtubule organizing center (GO:0005815)
ciliary basal body [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  cilium (GO:0005929)
Children of ciliary basal body (GO:0036064)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
left caudal basal body (GO:1902677) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
left posteriolateral basal body (GO:1902673) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
right anterior basal body (GO:1902672) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
right caudal basal body (GO:1902678) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
right posteriolateral basal body (GO:1902674) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
kinociliary basal body (GO:1902636) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
left anterior basal body (GO:1902671) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
left ventral basal body (GO:1902675) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
right ventral basal body (GO:1902676) [is_a relation] is_a  ciliary basal body
NIF_Subcellular
sao11978067