Category:GO:0014831 ! gastro-intestinal system smooth muscle contraction

name: gastro-intestinal system smooth muscle contraction
namespace: biological_process
def: "A process in which force is generated within smooth muscle tissue, resulting in a change in muscle geometry. This process occurs in the gastro-intestinal system. Force generation involves a chemo-mechanical energy conversion step that is carried out by the actin/myosin complex activity, which generates force through ATP hydrolysis. The gastro-intestinal system generally refers to the digestive structures stretching from the mouth to anus, but does not include the accessory glandular organs (liver, pancreas and biliary tract)." [GOC:mtg_muscle, MA:0001523, MSH:D041981]
is_a: GO:0006939 ! smooth muscle contraction

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0014831</GOterm>
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