GO_term: GO:0005874   

GO:0005874	Definition	Any of the long, generally straight, hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells; each consists (usually) of 13 protofilaments of polymeric tubulin, staggered in such a manner that the tubulin monomers are arranged in a helical pattern on the microtubular surface, and with the alpha/beta axes of the tubulin subunits parallel to the long axis of the tubule; exist in equilibrium with pool of tubulin monomers and can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to physiological stimuli; concerned with force generation, e. g. in the spindle.
		Any of the long, generally straight, hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells; each consists (usually) of 13 protofilaments of polymeric tubulin, staggered in such a manner that the tubulin monomers are arranged in a helical pattern on the microtubular surface, and with the alpha/beta axes of the tubulin subunits parallel to the long axis of the tubule; exist in equilibrium with pool of tubulin monomers and can be rapidly assembled or disassembled in response to physiological stimuli; concerned with force generation, e.g. in the spindle.
	Term	microtubule
	Type	Cellular_component
	Child	Instance (7)
		Component	GO:0045298
	Parent	Component_of	GO:0015630
	Attributes_of	Motif (8)
		Gene (29)
		CDS (29)
		Index	Ancestor (18)
			Descendent	GO:0000235
				GO:0005827
				GO:0005828
				GO:0005858
				GO:0005868
				GO:0020010
				GO:0020025
				GO:0042729
				GO:0005879
				GO:0005874
				GO:0010005
				GO:0005881
				GO:0005880
				GO:0005876
				GO:0045298

Please provide feedback if you are experiencing any difficulties with this website.