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microtubule

hollow tubes of internal diameter 12-15 nm and external diameter 24 nm found in a wide variety of eukaryotic cells
Class type of: polymeric cytoskeletal fiber, organelle tubule Q189933

Facts

4 properties
Instance of
cellular component
Subclass of
polymeric cytoskeletal fiber, organelle tubule[2][3]
Part of
microtubule cytoskeleton[4]
Has part(s)
tubulin[5]
🏷️ Also known as
en microtubuli en microtubule en GO:0005874 en microtubules en tubulin structure en microtubulus ar أنيبيب دقيق cs Mikrotubul cs Mikrotubulus cs Mikrotubuly da Mikrotubuli de Mikrotubuli de Microtubulus el Μικροσωληνίσκοι el Μικροσωληνίσκος es microtubulos es microtubulo es microtúbulo es microtúbulos fa ریزلوله
🔖 Identifiers · 28
OpenAlex ID
C20418707, C2909009945
Arabic Ontology concept ID
293324
De Agostini ID
microtùbulo
Elhuyar ZTH ID
136239
Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID
152812
Encyclopædia Britannica Online ID
science/microtubule
Exact match
purl.obolibrary.org
Foundational Model of Anatomy ID
63849
Freebase ID
/m/055rz
Gene Ontology ID
GO:0005874
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID
microtubul
Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana ID (former scheme)
0123598
Show all 28 identifiers +16
Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID
mikrotubuli
Hrvatska enciklopedija ID
40784
JSTOR topic ID (archived)
microtubules
KBpedia ID
Microtubule
Lex ID
mikrotubuli
MeSH descriptor ID
D008870
MeSH tree code
A11.284.430.214.190.750.602
Microsoft Academic ID (discontinued)
20418707, 2909852184
Proleksis enciklopedija ID
36991
Quora topic ID
Microtubules
ScholarGPS specialty ID
59136032308451
Topic's main category
Category:Microtubules
Treccani ID
microtubulo
UMLS CUI
C0026046
Wellcome Collection concept ID
y5gy676b
WordNet 3.1 Synset ID
05254312-n

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🔗 Connections
← Cell component 13
microtubule associated protein tau, microtubule associated protein tau, Baculoviral IAP repeat containing 5, APC regulator of WNT signaling pathway, Assembly factor for spindle microtubules, POLB, Rho/Rac guanine nucleotide exchange factor 2, Emerin +5 more
Belongs to 1
axoneme
← Physically interacts with 1
kinetochore
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Summary

microtubule is a cellular component[1].

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . Foundational Model of Anatomy. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Gene Ontology release 2019-10-07. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 26w ago · O Breixo · 2026-05-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID → 152812
    Part of → microtubule cytoskeleton
    Topic's main category → Category:Microtubules
    Has part(s) → tubulin
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "Created claim: Enciclopedia Galega Universal ID: 152812"
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