This term is obsolete.
Note that this term refers to a projection from a single cell, and should not be confused with 'microvillus' as used to refer to a multicellular structure such as that found in the placenta.

GO:0005902 JSON

microvillus

Cellular Component

Definition (GO:0005902 GONUTS page)

Thin cylindrical membrane-covered projections on the surface of an animal cell containing a core bundle of actin filaments. Present in especially large numbers on the absorptive surface of intestinal cells.

Comments

Note that this term refers to a projection from a single cell, and should not be confused with 'microvillus' as used to refer to a multicellular structure such as that found in the placenta.

39,495 annotations

Synonyms

Synonyms are alternative words or phrases closely related in meaning to the term name, with indication of the relationship between the name and synonym given by the synonym scope.

Synonym Type
microvilli related

Ancestor Chart

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Child Terms

This table lists all terms that are direct descendants (child terms) of GO:0005902

Child Term Relationship to
GO:0005902
Schwann cell microvillus
is_a
rhabdomere microvillus
is_a
microvillus membrane
part_of
microvillar actin bundle
part_of

Taxon Constraints

The use of this term should conform to the following taxon constraints:

Ancestor GO ID Ancestor GO Term Name Relationship Taxon ID Taxon Reference(s)
GO:0005902 microvillus Only in Taxon 33208 Metazoa

More information on taxon constraints in GO is available here

Cross-references

Database ID Description
NIF_Subcellular sao671419673
UniProtKB-SubCell SL-0293 Microvillus
Wikipedia Microvillus

Cross-Ontology Relations

Relation Other Ontology ID Term
part_of CL CL:0000066 epithelial cell

Co-occurring Terms

These tables show the number of times the term listed in the table has been co-annotated.

No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0005902 based on ALL annotations
The top 100 of 2,167 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
microvillus
6,040.20 100.00 32,806 32,806
actin filament-based movement
2,992.01 27.47 12,514 25,263
microfilament motor activity
1,022.88 14.44 16,234 95,863
microvillus membrane
4,747.06 14.25 4,864 6,189
prominosome
6,037.13 11.97 3,928 3,930
myosin complex
755.88 11.12 16,421 131,220
ruffle
1,064.99 10.09 6,264 35,527
actin filament organization
608.40 9.26 17,491 173,652
brush border
2,034.45 8.71 3,448 10,237
actin cytoskeleton
502.11 7.81 18,486 222,380
Totals 320390 6183844
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0005902 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 1,827 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
microvillus
1,864.64 100.00 757 757
actin filament-based movement
957.90 21.64 206 401
microfilament motor activity
287.95 12.00 265 1,716
regulation of organelle assembly
1,208.08 11.40 92 142
positive regulation of protein localization to early endosome
1,113.94 11.23 92 154
filopodium
357.20 11.13 159 830
positive regulation of early endosome to late endosome transport
862.04 10.65 92 199
brush border
415.31 8.92 98 440
prominosome
1,864.64 8.72 66 66
apical part of cell
281.79 8.67 128 847
Totals 5864 77750

GO Slims

This term is present in the following GO Consortium-maintained GO slims:

GO slim name Total Number of Terms in Slim
goslim_pir 438

Change Log

Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-11-16 Added RELATION has part GO:0151001 (tuft)
2024-09-05 Deleted CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4751 (Fungi)
2024-03-22 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:33208 (Metazoa)
2024-03-22 Deleted CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:6072 (Eumetazoa)
2024-03-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:6072 (Eumetazoa)
2022-06-20 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4751 (Fungi)
2015-10-24 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0042995 (cell projection)
2015-10-24 Added RELATION is a GO:0098858 (actin-based cell projection)
2015-10-24 Added RELATION has part GO:0005903 (brush border)
2014-12-13 Added XREF NIF_Subcellular:sao671419673
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2002-02-06 Updated TERM microvillus
2001-06-21 Updated TERM microvillus
2001-04-03 Updated TERM microvilli
2001-03-30 Added TERM microvilli
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2012-12-19 Added SYNONYM microvilli
2008-05-13 Added DEFINITION Thin cylindrical membrane-covered projections on the surface of an animal cell containing a core bundle of actin filaments. Present in especially large numbers on the absorptive surface of intestinal cells.
2008-05-12 Deleted DEFINITION Thin cylindrical membrane-covered projections on the surface of an animal cell containing a core bundle of actin filaments. Present in especially large numbers on the absorptive surface of intestinal cells.
2001-08-06 Added DEFINITION Thin cylindrical membrane-covered projections on the surface of an animal cell containing a core bundle of actin filaments. Present in especially large numbers on the absorptive surface of intestinal cells.
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-11-16 Added RELATION has part GO:0151001 (tuft)
2015-10-24 Deleted RELATION is a GO:0042995 (cell projection)
2015-10-24 Added RELATION is a GO:0098858 (actin-based cell projection)
2015-10-24 Added RELATION has part GO:0005903 (brush border)
2008-04-01 Updated RELATION is a GO:0042995 (cell projection)
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2014-12-13 Added XREF NIF_Subcellular:sao671419673
2009-02-08 Added XREF Wikipedia:Microvillus
Timestamp Action Category Detail
2024-09-05 Deleted CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4751 (Fungi)
2024-03-22 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:33208 (Metazoa)
2024-03-22 Deleted CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:6072 (Eumetazoa)
2024-03-05 Added CONSTRAINT in_taxon NCBITaxon:6072 (Eumetazoa)
2022-06-20 Added CONSTRAINT never_in_taxon NCBITaxon:4751 (Fungi)
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_pir
2008-06-09 Added SUBSET goslim_pir
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