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apical constriction

The actin-mediated process that results in the contraction of the apical end of a polarized columnar epithelial cell.
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apical constriction

Summary

apical constriction is a biological process[1]. It draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #250 of 442).[2]

Key Facts

  • apical constriction's instance of is recorded as biological process[3].
  • apical constriction's subclass of is recorded as actin-mediated cell contraction[4].
  • apical constriction's part of is recorded as epithelial cell morphogenesis[5].
  • apical constriction's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/0bhbbpw[6].
  • apical constriction's Gene Ontology ID is recorded as GO:0003383[7].
  • apical constriction's exact match is recorded as http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/GO_0003383[8].
  • apical constriction's UMLS CUI is recorded as C2753779[9].
  • apical constriction's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 39579648[10].
  • apical constriction's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C39579648[11].

Why It Matters

apical constriction draws 5 Wikipedia views per month (biological_process category, ranking #250 of 442).[2]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . UMLS 2023. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . OpenAlex. Retrieved . docs.openalex.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.

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