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Category:GO:0097741 ! mastigoneme
name: mastigoneme
namespace: cellular_component
def: "A hair-like structure covering the flagella found in some algae (heterokonts and cryptophytes). It is approximately 15 nm in diameter, and usually consist of a tubular shaft that itself terminates in smaller hairs. It is composed of glycoproteins and, likely, carbohydrates. Mastigonemes may assist in locomotion by increasing the surface area of a flagellum." [GOC:cilia, PMID:943397, Wikipedia:Mastigoneme]
is_a: GO:0099080 ! supramolecular complex
relationship: part_of: GO:0031514 ! motile cilium
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<GOterm>GO:0097741</GOterm>
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