Planteome: Term Details for "oral apparatus" (GO:0031912)

Accession: GO:0031912
Name: oral apparatus
Ontology: cellular_component
Synonyms: None
Alternate IDs: None
Definition: Complex basket- or funnel-like structure used by the cell to collect food and channel it to the cytostome; includes specialized sub-structures made up of closely-spaced cilia and underlying basal bodies and fibrillar systems. Source: PMID:10503189
Comment: Note that this term refers to a subcellular structure characteristic of ciliate protozoans, and should not be confused with oral anatomical structures of multicellular animals.
History: See term history for GO:0031912 at QuickGO
Subset: None
Related: Link to all annotated objects annotated to oral apparatus.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations to oral apparatus.; Link to all direct and indirect annotations download (limited to first 10,000) for oral apparatus.
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