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GO:0020009: microneme (Cellular component)

"A small, elongated secretory organelle that forms part of the apical complex, located along the main axis of an apicomplexan parasite cell within the extreme apical region and at the periphery under the inner membrane complex. Of the specialized secretory compartments identified in apicomplexans, micronemes discharge their contents first, during initial contact of the parasite's apical pole with the host cell surface. Micronemal proteins function during parasite attachment and penetration into the target cell." [ISBN:0521664470, PMID:11801218]


There are 569 sequences with this label.

Enriched clusters
Name Species % in cluster p-value corrected p-value action
Cluster_2 Plasmodium berghei ANKA 3.7 % 0.000628 0.024252
Cluster_7 Plasmodium berghei ANKA 5.0 % 0.000155 0.007061
Cluster_2 Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 9.68 % 2e-06 0.000116
Cluster_12 Plasmodium falciparum 3D7 5.91 % 0.0 1e-06
Sequences (569) (download table)

Info: GO-associations disabled for items with more than 300 associated sequences !
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