| GO term | GO name | GO namespace | GO def |
| GO:0007200 | phospholipase C-activating G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway | biological_process | The series of molecular signals generated as a consequence of a G protein-coupled receptor binding to its physiological ligand, where the pathway proceeds with activation of phospholipase C (PLC) and a subsequent increase in the concentration of inositol trisphosphate (IP3) and diacylglycerol (DAG). [GOC:dph, GOC:mah, GOC:signaling, GOC:tb, ISBN:0815316194] |
| GO:1901379 | regulation of potassium ion transmembrane transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of potassium ion transmembrane transport. [GOC:BHF, GOC:TermGenie] |
| GO:0110165 | cellular anatomical entity | cellular_component | A part of a cellular organism that is either an immaterial entity or a material entity with granularity above the level of a protein complex but below that of an anatomical system. Or, a substance produced by a cellular organism with granularity above the level of a protein complex. [GOC:kmv] |
| GO:0032879 | regulation of localization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of any process in which a cell, a substance, or a cellular entity is transported to, or maintained in, a specific location. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0110053 | regulation of actin filament organization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of actin filament organization. [GOC:kmv] |
| GO:0032535 | regulation of cellular component size | biological_process | A process that modulates the size of a cellular component. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0030030 | cell projection organization | biological_process | A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. [GOC:jl, GOC:mah, http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/] |
| GO:0005178 | integrin binding | molecular_function | Binding to an integrin. [GOC:ceb] |
| GO:0008064 | regulation of actin polymerization or depolymerization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the assembly or disassembly of actin filaments by the addition or removal of actin monomers from a filament. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0010959 | regulation of metal ion transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate, or extent of metal ion transport. Metal ion transport is the directed movement of metal ions, any metal ion with an electric charge, into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0051493 | regulation of cytoskeleton organization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cytoskeletal structures. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0016043 | cellular component organization | biological_process | A process that results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a cellular component. [GOC:ai, GOC:jl, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0032412 | regulation of ion transmembrane transporter activity | biological_process | Any process that modulates the activity of an ion transporter. [GOC:mah, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0048518 | positive regulation of biological process | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of a biological process. Biological processes are regulated by many means; examples include the control of gene expression, protein modification or interaction with a protein or substrate molecule. [GOC:jid] |
| GO:0071840 | cellular component organization or biogenesis | biological_process | A process that results in the biosynthesis of constituent macromolecules, assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a cellular component. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0043227 | membrane-bounded organelle | cellular_component | Organized structure of distinctive morphology and function, bounded by a single or double lipid bilayer membrane. Includes the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, and vesicles. Excludes the plasma membrane. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0051495 | positive regulation of cytoskeleton organization | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cytoskeletal structures. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:1904062 | regulation of cation transmembrane transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of cation transmembrane transport. [GO_REF:0000058, GOC:TermGenie, PMID:15304482] |
| GO:0005829 | cytosol | cellular_component | The part of the cytoplasm that does not contain organelles but which does contain other particulate matter, such as protein complexes. [GOC:hjd, GOC:jl] |
| GO:0055013 | cardiac muscle cell development | biological_process | The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a cardiac muscle cell over time, from its formation to the mature state. [GOC:devbiol, GOC:mtg_heart] |
| GO:0060627 | regulation of vesicle-mediated transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the rate, frequency, or extent of vesicle-mediated transport, the directed movement of substances, either within a vesicle or in the vesicle membrane, into, out of or within a cell. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0005509 | calcium ion binding | molecular_function | Binding to a calcium ion (Ca2+). [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0051050 | positive regulation of transport | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of substances (such as macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0042981 | regulation of apoptotic process | biological_process | Any process that modulates the occurrence or rate of cell death by apoptotic process. [GOC:jl, GOC:mtg_apoptosis] |
| GO:0032411 | positive regulation of transporter activity | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the activity of a transporter. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0050789 | regulation of biological process | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a biological process. Biological processes are regulated by many means; examples include the control of gene expression, protein modification or interaction with a protein or substrate molecule. [GOC:ai, GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0032414 | positive regulation of ion transmembrane transporter activity | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the activity of an ion transporter. [GOC:mah, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0030832 | regulation of actin filament length | biological_process | Any process that controls the length of actin filaments in a cell. [GOC:dph, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0120025 | plasma membrane bounded cell projection | cellular_component | A prolongation or process extending from a cell and that is bounded by plasma membrane, e.g. a cilium, lamellipodium, or axon. [GOC:krc] |
| GO:0005515 | protein binding | molecular_function | Binding to a protein. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0005546 | phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate binding | molecular_function | Binding to phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate, a derivative of phosphatidylinositol in which the inositol ring is phosphorylated at the 4' and 5' positions. [GOC:bf, GOC:jl] |
| GO:0051015 | actin filament binding | molecular_function | Binding to an actin filament, also known as F-actin, a helical filamentous polymer of globular G-actin subunits. [ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0007044 | cell-substrate junction assembly | biological_process | The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a junction between a cell and its substrate. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0034765 | regulation of ion transmembrane transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of ions from one side of a membrane to the other. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0055001 | muscle cell development | biological_process | The process whose specific outcome is the progression of a muscle cell over time, from its formation to the mature structure. Muscle cell development does not include the steps involved in committing an unspecified cell to the muscle cell fate. [CL:0000187, GOC:devbiol] |
| GO:0030175 | filopodium | cellular_component | Thin, stiff, actin-based protrusion extended by the leading edge of a motile cell such as a crawling fibroblast or amoeba, or an axonal or dendritic growth cone, or a dendritic shaft. [GOC:mah, GOC:pr, ISBN:0815316194] |
| GO:0007186 | G protein-coupled receptor signaling pathway | biological_process | A series of molecular signals that proceeds with an activated receptor promoting the exchange of GDP for GTP on the alpha-subunit of an associated heterotrimeric G-protein complex. The GTP-bound activated alpha-G-protein then dissociates from the beta- and gamma-subunits to further transmit the signal within the cell. The pathway begins with receptor-ligand interaction, or for basal GPCR signaling the pathway begins with the receptor activating its G protein in the absence of an agonist, and ends with regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. transcription. The pathway can start from the plasma membrane, Golgi or nuclear membrane. [GOC:bf, GOC:mah, PMID:16902576, PMID:24568158, Wikipedia:G_protein-coupled_receptor] |
| GO:0048523 | negative regulation of cellular process | biological_process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of a cellular process, any of those that are carried out at the cellular level, but are not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. [GOC:jid] |
| GO:0051051 | negative regulation of transport | biological_process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of substances (such as macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0044092 | negative regulation of molecular function | biological_process | Any process that stops or reduces the rate or extent of a molecular function, an elemental biological activity occurring at the molecular level, such as catalysis or binding. [GO:jl] |
| GO:0120036 | plasma membrane bounded cell projection organization | biological_process | A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a plasma membrane bounded prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a cilium or axon. [GOC:krc] |
| GO:0032880 | regulation of protein localization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of any process in which a protein is transported to, or maintained in, a specific location. [GOC:dph, GOC:mah, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0032956 | regulation of actin cytoskeleton organization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cytoskeletal structures comprising actin filaments and their associated proteins. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:2001259 | positive regulation of cation channel activity | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cation channel activity. [GOC:BHF] |
| GO:0051128 | regulation of cellular component organization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a process involved in the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cell structures, including the plasma membrane and any external encapsulating structures such as the cell wall and cell envelope. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0034764 | positive regulation of transmembrane transport | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of a solute from one side of a membrane to the other. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0005856 | cytoskeleton | cellular_component | Any of the various filamentous elements that form the internal framework of cells, and typically remain after treatment of the cells with mild detergent to remove membrane constituents and soluble components of the cytoplasm. The term embraces intermediate filaments, microfilaments, microtubules, the microtrabecular lattice, and other structures characterized by a polymeric filamentous nature and long-range order within the cell. The various elements of the cytoskeleton not only serve in the maintenance of cellular shape but also have roles in other cellular functions, including cellular movement, cell division, endocytosis, and movement of organelles. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198547684, PMID:16959967] |
| GO:0032970 | regulation of actin filament-based process | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of any cellular process that depends upon or alters the actin cytoskeleton. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0005576 | extracellular region | cellular_component | The space external to the outermost structure of a cell. For cells without external protective or external encapsulating structures this refers to space outside of the plasma membrane. This term covers the host cell environment outside an intracellular parasite. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0009987 | cellular process | biological_process | Any process that is carried out at the cellular level, but not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:isa_complete] |
| GO:1902905 | positive regulation of supramolecular fiber organization | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of supramolecular fiber organization. [GO_REF:0000058, GOC:PARL, GOC:rl, GOC:TermGenie, PMID:23921388] |
| GO:0008092 | cytoskeletal protein binding | molecular_function | Binding to a protein component of a cytoskeleton (actin, microtubule, or intermediate filament cytoskeleton). [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0044093 | positive regulation of molecular function | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the rate or extent of a molecular function, an elemental biological activity occurring at the molecular level, such as catalysis or binding. [GO:jl] |
| GO:0005886 | plasma membrane | cellular_component | The membrane surrounding a cell that separates the cell from its external environment. It consists of a phospholipid bilayer and associated proteins. [ISBN:0716731363] |
| GO:0042391 | regulation of membrane potential | biological_process | Any process that modulates the establishment or extent of a membrane potential, the electric potential existing across any membrane arising from charges in the membrane itself and from the charges present in the media on either side of the membrane. [GOC:jl, GOC:mtg_cardio, GOC:tb, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0034329 | cell junction assembly | biological_process | A cellular process that results in the aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a set of components to form a cell junction. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0043270 | positive regulation of ion transport | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of charged atoms or small charged molecules into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. [GOC:jl] |
| GO:0048519 | negative regulation of biological process | biological_process | Any process that stops, prevents, or reduces the frequency, rate or extent of a biological process. Biological processes are regulated by many means; examples include the control of gene expression, protein modification or interaction with a protein or substrate molecule. [GOC:jid] |
| GO:0072659 | protein localization to plasma membrane | biological_process | A process in which a protein is transported to, or maintained in, a specific location in the plasma membrane. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0006936 | muscle contraction | biological_process | A process in which force is generated within muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical energy conversion step that is carried out by the actin/myosin complex activity, which generates force through ATP hydrolysis. [GOC:ef, GOC:mtg_muscle, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0045893 | positive regulation of transcription, DNA-templated | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of cellular DNA-templated transcription. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:txnOH] |
| GO:0030374 | nuclear receptor coactivator activity | molecular_function | A transcription coactivator activity that activates or increases the transcription of specific gene sets via binding to a DNA-bound nuclear receptor, either on its own or as part of a complex. Coactivators often act by altering chromatin structure and modifications. For example, one class of transcription coregulators modifies chromatin structure through covalent modification of histones. A second class remodels the conformation of chromatin in an ATP-dependent fashion. A third class modulates interactions of DNA-bound DNA-binding transcription factors with other transcription coregulators. A fourth class of coactivator activity is the bridging of a DNA-binding transcription factor to the general (basal) transcription machinery. The Mediator complex, which bridges sequence-specific DNA binding transcription factors and RNA polymerase, is also a transcription coactivator. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0005488 | binding | molecular_function | The selective, non-covalent, often stoichiometric, interaction of a molecule with one or more specific sites on another molecule. [GOC:ceb, GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732] |
| GO:0042802 | identical protein binding | molecular_function | Binding to an identical protein or proteins. [GOC:jl] |
| GO:0043197 | dendritic spine | cellular_component | A small, membranous protrusion from a dendrite that forms a postsynaptic compartment, typically receiving input from a single presynapse. They function as partially isolated biochemical and an electrical compartments. Spine morphology is variable:they can be thin, stubby, mushroom, or branched, with a continuum of intermediate morphologies. They typically terminate in a bulb shape, linked to the dendritic shaft by a restriction. Spine remodeling is though to be involved in synaptic plasticity. [GOC:nln] |
| GO:0030864 | cortical actin cytoskeleton | cellular_component | The portion of the actin cytoskeleton, comprising filamentous actin and associated proteins, that lies just beneath the plasma membrane. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0043266 | regulation of potassium ion transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of potassium ions (K+) into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. [GOC:jl] |
| GO:0051130 | positive regulation of cellular component organization | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of a process involved in the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cell structures, including the plasma membrane and any external encapsulating structures such as the cell wall and cell envelope. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0007165 | signal transduction | biological_process | The cellular process in which a signal is conveyed to trigger a change in the activity or state of a cell. Signal transduction begins with reception of a signal (e.g. a ligand binding to a receptor or receptor activation by a stimulus such as light), or for signal transduction in the absence of ligand, signal-withdrawal or the activity of a constitutively active receptor. Signal transduction ends with regulation of a downstream cellular process, e.g. regulation of transcription or regulation of a metabolic process. Signal transduction covers signaling from receptors located on the surface of the cell and signaling via molecules located within the cell. For signaling between cells, signal transduction is restricted to events at and within the receiving cell. [GOC:go_curators, GOC:mtg_signaling_feb11] |
| GO:0034330 | cell junction organization | biological_process | A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of a cell junction. A cell junction is a specialized region of connection between two cells or between a cell and the extracellular matrix. [GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0043226 | organelle | cellular_component | Organized structure of distinctive morphology and function. Includes the nucleus, mitochondria, plastids, vacuoles, vesicles, ribosomes and the cytoskeleton, and prokaryotic structures such as anammoxosomes and pirellulosomes. Excludes the plasma membrane. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0030018 | Z disc | cellular_component | Platelike region of a muscle sarcomere to which the plus ends of actin filaments are attached. [GOC:mtg_muscle, ISBN:0815316194] |
| GO:0070013 | intracellular organelle lumen | cellular_component | An organelle lumen that is part of an intracellular organelle. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0030036 | actin cytoskeleton organization | biological_process | A process that is carried out at the cellular level which results in the assembly, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of cytoskeletal structures comprising actin filaments and their associated proteins. [GOC:dph, GOC:jl, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0010638 | positive regulation of organelle organization | biological_process | Any process that increases the frequency, rate or extent of a process involved in the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of an organelle. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0043233 | organelle lumen | cellular_component | The internal volume enclosed by the membranes of a particular organelle; includes the volume enclosed by a single organelle membrane, e.g. endoplasmic reticulum lumen, or the volume enclosed by the innermost of the two lipid bilayers of an organelle envelope, e.g. nuclear lumen. [GOC:jl, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0065009 | regulation of molecular function | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a molecular function, an elemental biological activity occurring at the molecular level, such as catalysis or binding. [GOC:isa_complete] |
| GO:0030054 | cell junction | cellular_component | A cellular component that forms a specialized region of connection between two or more cells, or between a cell and the extracellular matrix, or between two membrane-bound components of a cell, such as flagella. [GOC:aruk, GOC:bc, GOC:mah, http://www.vivo.colostate.edu/hbooks/cmb/cells/pmemb/junctions_a.html, ISBN:0198506732, PMID:26820516, PMID:28096264] |
| GO:0007155 | cell adhesion | biological_process | The attachment of a cell, either to another cell or to an underlying substrate such as the extracellular matrix, via cell adhesion molecules. [GOC:hb, GOC:pf] |
| GO:0030031 | cell projection assembly | biological_process | Formation of a prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. [GOC:jl, GOC:mah, http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/] |
| GO:0048522 | positive regulation of cellular process | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of a cellular process, any of those that are carried out at the cellular level, but are not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. [GOC:jid] |
| GO:0022607 | cellular component assembly | biological_process | The aggregation, arrangement and bonding together of a cellular component. [GOC:isa_complete] |
| GO:0022898 | regulation of transmembrane transporter activity | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of transmembrane transporter activity. [GOC:dph, GOC:mtg_cardio, GOC:mtg_transport] |
| GO:0065008 | regulation of biological quality | biological_process | Any process that modulates a qualitative or quantitative trait of a biological quality. A biological quality is a measurable attribute of an organism or part of an organism, such as size, mass, shape, color, etc. [GOC:dph, GOC:isa_complete, GOC:mah, GOC:pr, GOC:vw] |
| GO:0032409 | regulation of transporter activity | biological_process | Any process that modulates the activity of a transporter. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0050794 | regulation of cellular process | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a cellular process, any of those that are carried out at the cellular level, but are not necessarily restricted to a single cell. For example, cell communication occurs among more than one cell, but occurs at the cellular level. [GOC:go_curators] |
| GO:0031982 | vesicle | cellular_component | Any small, fluid-filled, spherical organelle enclosed by membrane. [GOC:mah, GOC:pz, GOC:vesicles] |
| GO:0033043 | regulation of organelle organization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a process involved in the formation, arrangement of constituent parts, or disassembly of an organelle. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0045214 | sarcomere organization | biological_process | The myofibril assembly process that results in the organization of muscle actomyosin into sarcomeres. The sarcomere is the repeating unit of a myofibril in a muscle cell, composed of an array of overlapping thick and thin filaments between two adjacent Z discs. [GOC:bf] |
| GO:0034762 | regulation of transmembrane transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of a solute from one side of a membrane to the other. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:1902903 | regulation of supramolecular fiber organization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of supramolecular fiber organization. [GO_REF:0000058, GOC:PARL, GOC:rl, GOC:TermGenie, PMID:23921388] |
| GO:0051049 | regulation of transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of substances (such as macromolecules, small molecules, ions) into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. [GOC:ai] |
| GO:0065007 | biological regulation | biological_process | Any process that modulates a measurable attribute of any biological process, quality or function. [GOC:dph, GOC:isa_complete, GOC:mah, GOC:pr, GOC:vw] |
| GO:0060341 | regulation of cellular localization | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of a process in which a cell, a substance, or a cellular entity is transported to, or maintained in a specific location within or in the membrane of a cell. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0090066 | regulation of anatomical structure size | biological_process | Any process that modulates the size of an anatomical structure. [GOC:dph, GOC:tb] |
| GO:0042995 | cell projection | cellular_component | A prolongation or process extending from a cell, e.g. a flagellum or axon. [GOC:jl, http://www.cogsci.princeton.edu/~wn/] |
| GO:0043269 | regulation of ion transport | biological_process | Any process that modulates the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of charged atoms or small charged molecules into, out of or within a cell, or between cells, by means of some agent such as a transporter or pore. [GOC:jl] |
| GO:0031974 | membrane-enclosed lumen | cellular_component | The enclosed volume within a sealed membrane or between two sealed membranes. Encompasses the volume enclosed by the membranes of a particular organelle, e.g. endoplasmic reticulum lumen, or the space between the two lipid bilayers of a double membrane surrounding an organelle, e.g. nuclear envelope lumen. [GOC:add, GOC:mah] |
| GO:0005198 | structural molecule activity | molecular_function | The action of a molecule that contributes to the structural integrity of a complex or its assembly within or outside a cell. [GOC:mah, GOC:vw] |
| GO:0044325 | transmembrane transporter binding | molecular_function | Binding to a transmembrane transporter, a protein or protein complex that enables the transfer of a substance, usually a specific substance or a group of related substances, from one side of a membrane to the other. [GOC:BHF, GOC:jl, PMID:33199372] |
| GO:0005884 | actin filament | cellular_component | A filamentous structure formed of a two-stranded helical polymer of the protein actin and associated proteins. Actin filaments are a major component of the contractile apparatus of skeletal muscle and the microfilaments of the cytoskeleton of eukaryotic cells. The filaments, comprising polymerized globular actin molecules, appear as flexible structures with a diameter of 5-9 nm. They are organized into a variety of linear bundles, two-dimensional networks, and three dimensional gels. In the cytoskeleton they are most highly concentrated in the cortex of the cell just beneath the plasma membrane. [GOC:mah, ISBN:0198506732, PMID:10666339] |
| GO:0005925 | focal adhesion | cellular_component | A cell-substrate junction that anchors the cell to the extracellular matrix and that forms a point of termination of actin filaments. In insects focal adhesion has also been referred to as hemi-adherens junction (HAJ). [GOC:aruk, GOC:bc, ISBN:0124325653, ISBN:0815316208, PMID:10419689, PMID:12191915, PMID:15246682, PMID:1643657, PMID:16805308, PMID:19197329, PMID:23033047, PMID:26923917, PMID:28796323, PMID:8314002] |
| GO:0034767 | positive regulation of ion transmembrane transport | biological_process | Any process that activates or increases the frequency, rate or extent of the directed movement of ions from one side of a membrane to the other. [GOC:mah] |
| GO:0120031 | plasma membrane bounded cell projection assembly | biological_process | Formation of a prolongation or process extending and that is bounded by plasma membrane, e.g. a cilium, lamellipodium, or axon. [GOC:krc] |