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The assembly of a cilium, a specialized eukaryotic locomotor organelle that consists of a filiform extrusion of the cell surface. Each cilium is bounded by an extrusion of the cytoplasmic membrane, and contains a regular longitudinal array of microtubules, anchored basally in a centriole. The assembly of a the bundle of microtubules and associated proteins that forms the core of cilia in eukaryotic cells and is responsible for their movements. The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a cellular component. Formation of a prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. A process that is carried out at the cellular level and by which the structure of a cilium is organized. Morphogenesis pertains to the creation of form. A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. The process by which the anatomical structures of a cell projection are generated and organized. Morphogenesis pertains to the creation of form. The assembly of a sensory cilium, a primary cilium found on sensory neurons that contains an a 9+0 axonemal arrangement of microtubules.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: cilium assembly
Acc: GO:0042384
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: The assembly of a cilium, a specialized eukaryotic locomotor organelle that consists of a filiform extrusion of the cell surface. Each cilium is bounded by an extrusion of the cytoplasmic membrane, and contains a regular longitudinal array of microtubules, anchored basally in a centriole.
Synonyms:
  • ciliogenesis
  • cilium biogenesis
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 87 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 117 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0042384 - cilium assembly (interactive image map)
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