This term is obsolete.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.

39,902 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

Ancestor chart for GO:0005902
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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
microvillus membrane
part_of
microvillar actin bundle
part_of
rhabdomere microvillus
is_a

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 2,162 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
microvillus
6,172.66 100.00 31,581 31,581
actin filament-based movement
3,117.55 27.99 12,182 24,120
microfilament motor activity
1,052.14 14.57 15,801 92,701
microvillus membrane
3,856.93 14.22 4,910 7,858
prominosome
6,167.83 12.13 3,832 3,835
myosin complex
749.78 10.86 15,989 131,631
ruffle
1,029.00 9.85 6,133 36,790
actin filament organization
625.80 9.33 17,027 167,948
brush border
2,081.58 8.90 3,408 10,106
actin cytoskeleton
520.27 7.93 18,019 213,783
Totals 311127 5742813
No co-occurrence statistics for GO:0005902 based on MANUAL annotations
The top 100 of 1,836 co-occurring terms
Co-occurring Term PR S% #Together #Compared
microvillus
1,829.74 100.00 706 706
actin filament-based movement
914.87 21.21 190 380
microfilament motor activity
281.05 11.81 239 1,556
regulation of organelle assembly
1,167.00 10.77 81 127
positive regulation of protein localization to early endosome
1,066.25 10.60 81 139
filopodium
333.96 10.58 142 778
positive regulation of early endosome to late endosome transport
818.84 10.05 81 181
brush border
431.79 9.78 101 428
prominosome
1,829.74 9.21 65 65
apical part of cell
256.69 8.22 117 834
Totals 5598 70642

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 439

Change Log

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)
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
2013-04-18 Updated SUBSET goslim_pir
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
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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