GO_term: GO:0005826
GO:0005826 | Definition | A cytoskeletal structure composed of actin filaments and myosin that forms beneath the plasma membrane of many cells, including animal cells and yeast cells, in a plane perpendicular to the axis of the spindle; as the ring contracts it pulls the membrane inwards to divide the contents of the cytoplasm in cytokinesis. | ||
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Term | contractile ring | |||
Type | Cellular_component | |||
Child | Instance | GO:0030480 | ||
Parent | Component_of | GO:0005938 | ||
Attributes_of | Index | Ancestor (11) | ||
Descendent | GO:0000142 | |||
GO:0000144 | ||||
GO:0005826 | ||||
GO:0030480 | ||||
GO:0030481 |