Term Information

Accession
GO:0097741
Name
mastigoneme
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
None
Alternate IDs
None
Definition
A hair-like structure covering the flagella found in some algae (heterokonts and cryptophytes). It is approximately 15 nm in diameter, and usually consist of a tubular shaft that itself terminates in smaller hairs. It is composed of glycoproteins and, likely, carbohydrates. Mastigonemes may assist in locomotion by increasing the surface area of a flagellum. Source: PMID:943397, GOC:cilia, Wikipedia:Mastigoneme
Comment
None
History
See term history for GO:0097741 at QuickGO
Subset
None
Feedback
Comments, changes to terms, or requests for new ontology terms can be made at GO issue tracker on GitHub.

Filter results

Loading...
pending...
Parents of mastigoneme (GO:0097741)
subject[Reorder by subject] relation[Reorder by relation] object[Reorder by object]
mastigoneme [is_a relation] is_a  supramolecular complex (GO:0099080)
mastigoneme [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  motile cilium (GO:0031514)

This term has no children.

None.