Term Information

Accession

GO:0030175

Ontology

cellular component

Synonyms

alt_id: GO:0030028

exact: microspike

Definition

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. [source: GOC:mah, ISBN:0815316194]

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Subset

• goslim_pir

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External References

NIF_Subcellular (1)

• sao-1046371754

SP_SL (1)

• SL-0286

Wikipedia (1)

• Filopodia

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