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The area of a motile cell opposite to the direction of movement. The portion of the plasma membrane surrounding a uropod. Any constituent part of a cell, the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms. A prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. A membrane projection with related cytoskeletal components at the trailing edge of a cell in the process of migrating or being activated, found on the opposite side of the cell from the leading edge or immunological synapse, respectively.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: uropod
Acc: GO:0001931
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: A membrane projection with related cytoskeletal components at the trailing edge of a cell in the process of migrating or being activated, found on the opposite side of the cell from the leading edge or immunological synapse, respectively.
Synonyms:
  • uropodium
  • retractile pole
  • distal pole complex
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
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   Term or descendants: 8 [Search]


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INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0001931 - uropod (interactive image map)
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