stress fiber
id: GO:0001725
name: stress fiber
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: A contractile actin filament bundle that consists of short actin filaments with alternating polarity, cross-linked by alpha-actinin and possibly other actin bundling proteins, and with myosin present in a periodic distribution along the fiber.
Parent Functions
id | name |
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GO:0032432 | actin filament bundle |
GO:0042641 | actomyosin |