Term Information

Accession
GO:0070831
Name
basement membrane assembly
Ontology
biological_process
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a basement membrane, a part of the extracellular region that consists of a thin layer of dense material found in various animal tissues interposed between the cells and the adjacent connective tissue. Source: GOC:mah
Comment
Note that this term has no relationship to 'membrane assembly ; GO:0071709' because the basement membrane is not a lipid bilayer.
History
See term history for GO:0070831 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
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Parents of basement membrane assembly (GO:0070831)
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basement membrane assembly [is_a relation] is_a  extracellular matrix assembly (GO:0085029)
basement membrane assembly [is_a relation] is_a  basement membrane organization (GO:0071711)
Children of basement membrane assembly (GO:0070831)
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basement membrane assembly involved in embryonic body morphogenesis (GO:2001197) [is_a relation] is_a  basement membrane assembly
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