Category:GO:0045121 ! membrane raft

name: membrane raft
namespace: cellular_component
def: "Any of the small (10-200 nm), heterogeneous, highly dynamic, sterol- and sphingolipid-enriched membrane domains that compartmentalize cellular processes. Small rafts can sometimes be stabilized to form larger platforms through protein-protein and protein-lipid interactions." [PMID:16645198, PMID:20044567]
synonym: "GEM domain" RELATED []
synonym: "glycolipid-enriched membrane domain" RELATED []
synonym: "lipid raft" EXACT []
xref: Wikipedia:Lipid_raft
is_a: GO:0098857 ! membrane microdomain

AmiGO <GOterm>GO:0045121</GOterm>
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