GO:0000776 kinetochore

Term Data

Source Ontology: Gene Ontology
Accession: GO:0000776
Term Name: kinetochore
Description: A multisubunit complex that is located at the centromeric region of DNA and provides an attachment point for the spindle microtubules.
Note that the kinetochore overlaps the centromeric DNA, but centromeric DNA is not part of the kinetochore.
Has Alternative Id: GO:0000777
GO:0000778
GO:0005699
GO:0031617
Has Dbxref: Wikipedia:Kinetochore
Has Obo Namespace: cellular_component
Id: GO:0000776
Term Tracker Item: https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/21126
https://github.com/geneontology/go-ontology/issues/23605
Synonyms: condensed chromosome kinetochore; condensed nuclear chromosome kinetochore; NMS complex
Link: http://amigo.geneontology.org/cgi-bin/amigo/go.cgi?view=details&query=GO:0000776
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GO:0099080 supramolecular complex GO:0043232 intracellular non-membrane-bounded organelle	GO:0099081 supramolecular polymer GO:0098644 complex of collagen trimers GO:0097741 mastigoneme GO:0097740 paraflagellar rod GO:0035770 ribonucleoprotein granule GO:0005818 aster GO:0000776 kinetochore GO:1990973 transmembrane actin-associated (TAN) line GO:1990732 pyrenoid GO:1990934 nucleolus-like body GO:0140453 protein aggregate center GO:0140737 encapsulin nanocompartment GO:0120293 dynein axonemal particle GO:0099091 postsynaptic specialization, intracellular component GO:0098593 goblet cell theca GO:0098536 deuterosome GO:0098682 arciform density GO:0098681 synaptic ribbon GO:0097597 ventral disc GO:0097727 blepharoplast GO:0062159 contractile vacuole complex GO:0046858 chlorosome GO:0044312 crystalloid GO:0043590 bacterial nucleoid GO:0043292 contractile fiber GO:0042646 plastid nucleoid GO:0042645 mitochondrial nucleoid

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