attachment organelle

id: GO:0033099
name: attachment organelle
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A membrane-bounded extension of the cell, originally characterized in Mycoplasma species, that contains an electron-dense core that is part of the cytoskeleton and is oriented lengthwise and ends distally in a bulbous knob (terminal button). Required for adherence to host cells and involved in gliding motility and cell division.

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