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apical part of cell

Term Information

Accession
GO:0045177
Name
apical part of cell
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
apical region of cell
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The region of a polarized cell that forms a tip or is distal to a base. For example, in a polarized epithelial cell, the apical region has an exposed surface and lies opposite to the basal lamina that separates the epithelium from other tissue. Source: GOC:mah, ISBN:0815316194
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0045177 at QuickGO
Subset
goslim_pir
Feedback
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Parents of apical part of cell (GO:0045177)
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apical part of cell [is_a relation] is_a  cellular anatomical entity (GO:0110165)
Children of apical part of cell (GO:0045177)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
apical cortex (GO:0045179) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical part of cell
apical cytoplasm (GO:0090651) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical part of cell
Kibra-Ex-Mer complex (GO:0036375) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical part of cell
basal body patch (GO:0120220) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical part of cell
apical complex (GO:0020007) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical part of cell
apical plasma membrane (GO:0016324) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  apical part of cell
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