Category:GO:0005903 ! brush border

id: GO:0005903

name: brush border
namespace: cellular_component
def: "The dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of an epithelial cell in tissues such as the intestine, kidney, and choroid plexus; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell." [GOC:sl, ISBN:0815316194]
subset: goslim_pir
xref: Wikipedia:Brush_border
is_a: GO:0098862 ! cluster of actin-based cell projections
relationship: has_part: GO:0005902 ! microvillus
relationship: part_of: GO:0045177 ! apical part of cell

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