microvillus

id: GO:0005902
name: microvillus
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: Thin cylindrical membrane-covered projections on the surface of an animal cell containing a core bundle of actin filaments. Present in especially large numbers on the absorptive surface of intestinal cells.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0032420stereocilium
GO:0035996rhabdomere microvillus

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0042995cell projection