contractile ring
id: GO:0070938
name: contractile ring
namespace: cellular_component
type: go
obsolete: False
Description: A cytoskeletal structure composed of filamentous protein that forms beneath the membrane of many cells or organelles, in the plane of cell or organelle division. Ring contraction is associated with centripetal growth of the membrane that divides the cytoplasm of the two daughter cells or organelles.
Child Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0005826 | actomyosin contractile ring |
Parent Functions
| id | name |
|---|---|
| GO:0044464 | cell part |
