anchored to plasma membrane

Term Information

Accession
GO:0046658
Ontology
cellular component
Synonyms
narrow: plasma membrane, GPI-anchored
Definition
Tethered to the plasma membrane by a covalently attached anchor, such as a lipid moiety, that is embedded in the membrane. When used to describe a protein, indicates that the peptide sequence does not span the membrane. [source: GOC:mah]
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Subset
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