metaphase

cell cycle phase, following prophase or prometaphase in higher eukaryotes, during which chromosomes become aligned on the equatorial plate of the cell

Class type of: cell cycle phase Q574427

Facts

5 properties

Instance of: biological process
Follows: mitotic prometaphase^[2]
Followed by: anaphase^[3]
Subclass of: cell cycle phase^[4]
Part of: M phase^[5]

🏷️ Also known as

en GO:0051323 en metaphase ar طور تالي cs Metafáze da metafase el Μετάφαση fa پس چهر fa متافاز fi metafaasi fr Metaphase fr métaphase hi मेटाफ़ेज़ ja 細胞分裂中期 ja 中期 ko 중기 ms Metafasa pl metafaza pt Metafase pt metáfase pt Metáfase ii

🔖 Identifiers · 18

OpenAlex ID: C70278784
Image (Wikimedia Commons): Metaphase chromosomes.jpg ↗
BabelNet ID: 00054577n
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID: science/metaphase
Exact match: purl.obolibrary.org
Freebase ID: /m/02sj89
Gene Ontology ID: GO:0051323
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID: metafase
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme): 0123149
JSTOR topic ID (archived): metaphase
KBpedia ID: Metaphase
Lex ID: metafase

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MeSH descriptor ID: D008677
MeSH tree code: G04.144.220.220.687.625, G04.144.220.220.781.625, G05.113.220.687.625, G05.113.220.781.625
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued): 70278784, 2910880502
UMLS CUI: C1621812
Wellcome Collection concept ID: awdmk4a9
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID: 13536454-n, 13536352-n

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mitotic cell cycle

Followed by 1

anaphase

Followed by (predecessor) 1

anaphase

Follows 1

mitotic prometaphase

Instance of 1

biological process

Preceded by (successor) 1

mitotic prometaphase

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Summary

metaphase is a biological process^[1].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ metaphase — follows (P155): mitotic prometaphase. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ metaphase — followed by (P156): anaphase. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ metaphase — subclass of (P279): cell cycle phase. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-12. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ metaphase — part of (P361): M phase. Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved 2019-10-12. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ metaphase is an instance of biological process (Q2996394) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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