FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term brush border ID (Ontology) GO:0005903 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The dense covering of microvilli on the apical surface of an epithelial cell in tissues such as the intestine, kidney, and choroid plexus; the microvilli aid absorption by increasing the surface area of the cell.[ ISBN:0815316194 ]
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Alleles (FBal)  PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN       2
Genes (FBgn)  GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT       5
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 brush border (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       2      8       --
     brush border | adult stage       7       --       4
     brush border | somatic clone       1       --       --
     located_in | brush border       --       5       --
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 |__apical part of cell______________________
 |__cluster of actin-based cell projections__|
                                             brush border  14 rec.
                                              |__brush border membrane 4 rec.
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Is a cluster of actin-based cell projections
Part of apical part of cell
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