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expand all sections collapse all sections  cellular_component Term "contractile ring" (GO:0070938)
Term Name contractile ring
Term Accession GO:0070938
Aspect cellular_component
Synonyms (2) constriction ring, cytokinetic ring
Definition A cytoskeletal structure composed of filamentous protein that forms beneath the membrane of many cells or organelles, in the plane of cell or organelle division. Ring contraction is associated with centripetal growth of the membrane that divides the cytoplasm of the two daughter cells or organelles.
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