microtubule organizing center

id: GO:0005815
name: microtubule organizing center
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A cytoplasmic structure that can catalyze gamma-tubulin-dependent microtubule nucleation and that can anchor microtubules by interacting with their minus ends, plus ends or sides.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0000923equatorial microtubule organizing center
GO:0005813centrosome
GO:0005816spindle pole body
GO:0005932microtubule basal body
GO:0031021interphase microtubule organizing center

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0044430cytoskeletal part
GO:0044444cytoplasmic part