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E.g., flower or TO:0000303.
E.g., d1 or waxy.

expand all sections collapse all sections  cellular_component Term "microtubule" (GO:0005874)
Term Name microtubule
Term Accession GO:0005874
Aspect cellular_component
Synonyms (3) microtubuli, microtubulus, neurotubule
Definition Any of the long, generally straight, hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells; each consists (usually) of 13 protofilaments of polymeric tubulin, staggered in such a manner that the tubulin monomers are arranged in a helical pattern on the microtubular surface, and with the alpha/beta axes of the tubulin subunits parallel to the long axis of the tubule; exist in equilibrium with pool of tubulin monomers and can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to physiological stimuli; concerned with force generation, e.g. in the spindle.
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