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Category:GO:0070938 ! contractile ring
name: contractile ring
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A cytoskeletal structure composed of filamentous protein that forms beneath the membrane of many cells or organelles, in the plane of cell or organelle division. Ring contraction is associated with centripetal growth of the membrane that divides the cytoplasm of the two daughter cells or organelles." [GOC:mah, ISBN:0123645859, ISBN:0792354923, PMID:10791428, PMID:17913889]
synonym: "constriction ring" RELATED [GOC:mah]
synonym: "cytokinetic ring" RELATED [GOC:mah]
is_a: GO:0110165 ! cellular anatomical structure
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<GOterm>GO:0070938</GOterm>
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