Planteome: Term Details for "brush border" (GO:0005903)

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Term Information

Accession: GO:0005903
Name: brush border
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: The dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of an epithelial cell in tissues such as the intestine, kidney, and choroid plexus; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell. Source: ISBN:0815316194, GOC:sl
Comment: None
History: See term history for GO:0005903 at QuickGO
Subset: goslim_pir
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GO:0005575 cellular_component
GO:0110165 cellular anatomical entity
GO:0098862 cluster of actin-based cell projections
GO:0005903 brush border
GO:0031526 brush border membrane

Parents of brush border (GO:0005903)

subject	relation	object
brush border	BFO:0000051	microvillus (GO:0005902)
brush border	is_a	cluster of actin-based cell projections (GO:0098862)

Children of brush border (GO:0005903)

subject	relation	object
brush border membrane (GO:0031526)	BFO:0000050	brush border

Wikipedia: Brush_border