FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
FB2025_05 , released December 11, 2025
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Term cell cortex ID (Ontology) GO:0005938 (Gene Ontology)
Definition The region of a cell that lies just beneath the plasma membrane and often, but not always, contains a network of actin filaments and associated proteins.[ ISBN:0815316194 ]
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Genes (FBgn)  GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT     103
Insertions (FBti)  EXPRESSION_STAGE_TISSUE_POSITION       1
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 Alleles Genes Insertions Constructs
 cell cortex (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)       1    116      1      5
     cell cortex | larval stage | somatic clone       1       --       --       --
     is_active_in | cell cortex       --      13       --       --
     located_in | cell cortex       --      98       --       --
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  cellular anatomical structure
   |__cytoplasm
       |__cell cortex  251 rec.
           |__cell cortex region 90 rec.
               |__anterior cell cortex 3 rec.
               |__apical cortex(+) 59 rec.
               |__basal cortex 14 rec.
               |__cell cortex of cell tip(+)
               |__cell leading edge cell cortex 1 rec.
               |__equatorial cell cortex
               |__lateral cell cortex 5 rec.
               |__medial cortex
               |__posterior cell cortex 7 rec.
               |__postsynaptic endocytic zone cytoplasmic component
               |__presynaptic active zone cytoplasmic component 14 rec.
               |__presynaptic endocytic zone cytoplasmic component
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Is a cytoplasm
Part of cell periphery
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  • "cell periphery" RELATED
    "ectoplasm" NARROW
    "peripheral cytoplasm" RELATED
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Wikipedia:Cell_cortex