cilium

id: GO:0005929
name: cilium
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A specialized eukaryotic organelle that consists of a filiform extrusion of the cell surface. Each cilium is bounded by an extrusion of the cytoplasmic membrane, and contains a regular longitudinal array of microtubules, anchored basally in a centriole.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0031514motile cilium
GO:0072372primary cilium

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0042995cell projection