YRC Logo
PROTEIN SEARCH:
Descriptions Names[Advanced Search]

Any constituent part of a cell, the basic structural and functional unit of all organisms. The portion of the plasma membrane surrounding a filopodium. A prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. Thin, stiff protrusion extended by the leading edge of a motile cell such as a crawling fibroblast or amoeba, or an axonal growth cone; usually approximately 0.1 um wide, 5-10 um long, can be up to 50 um long in axon growth cones; contains a loose bundle of about 20 actin filaments oriented with their plus ends pointing outward. The end of a filopodium distal to the body of the cell.

View Gene Ontology (GO) Term

GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: filopodium
Acc: GO:0030175
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: Thin, stiff protrusion extended by the leading edge of a motile cell such as a crawling fibroblast or amoeba, or an axonal growth cone; usually approximately 0.1 um wide, 5-10 um long, can be up to 50 um long in axon growth cones; contains a loose bundle of about 20 actin filaments oriented with their plus ends pointing outward.
Synonyms:
  • microspike
  • GO:0030028
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 69 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 80 [Search]


[geneontology.org]
INTERACTIVE GO GRAPH

GO:0030175 - filopodium (interactive image map)
YRC Informatics Platform - Version 3.0
Created and Maintained by: Michael Riffle