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actin-based cell projection +   
bleb  
cell hair 
cell projection membrane +   
cilium +   
A specialized eukaryotic organelle that consists of a filiform extrusion of the cell surface and of some cytoplasmic parts. Each cilium is largely bounded by an extrusion of the cytoplasmic (plasma) membrane, and contains a regular longitudinal array of microtubules, anchored to a basal body.
cytoneme 
dendritic cell dendrite 
dinoflagellate peduncle 
extracellular membrane-bounded organelle +   
glial cell projection +   
intracellular membrane-bounded organelle +   
lamellipodium +   
macropinocytic cup +   
mating projection +   
microspike  
muscle cell projection +   
neuron projection +   
organelle envelope +   
organelle membrane +   
organelle subcompartment +   
plasma membrane bounded cell projection cytoplasm +   
podocyte foot  
podocyte primary projection 
pollen tube +  
pseudopodium +   
rhabdomere +  
root hair +  
ruffle +   
spine apparatus +   
telopode 
uropod +   
vesicle +   

Synonyms
Exact Synonyms: eukaryotic flagellum
Narrow Synonyms: primary cilium
Related Synonyms: flagellum ;   microtubule-based flagellum
Alternate IDs: GO:0072372
Xrefs: FMA:67181 ;   NIF_Subcellular:sao787716553 ;   Wikipedia:Cilium
Only In Taxon: NCBITaxon:2759 ! Eukaryota
Never In Taxon: NCBITaxon:3176 ! Zygnematales ;   NCBITaxon:3312 ! Coniferophyta ;   NCBITaxon:3378 ! Gnetales ;   NCBITaxon:3398 ! Magnoliophyta ;   NCBITaxon:4890 ! Ascomycota ;   NCBITaxon:5782 ! Dictyostelium
Definition Sources: GOC:cilia, GOC:curators, GOC:kmv, GOC:vw, ISBN:0198547684, PMID:16824949, PMID:17009929, PMID:20144998

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