FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

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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Annotations

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Direct annotations: records annotated with this exact term (child terms are NOT included)

Data Class	Field	Direct annotations
Alleles (FBal)	PHENOTYPE_MANIFEST_IN
Genes (FBgn)	GO_CELLULAR_COMPONENT

Full annotation statements including this term (annotations to child terms are NOT included), and relevant FlyBase records

Full annotation statements	Relevant FlyBase reports
Full annotation statements	Alleles	Genes	Constructs
brush border (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)			--
brush border \| adult stage		--
brush border \| somatic clone		--	--
located_in \| brush border	--		--

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

cellular anatomical structure
 |__apical part of cell______________________
 |__cluster of actin-based cell projections__|
                                             brush border  13 rec.
                                              |__brush border membrane 3 rec.

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Parents/Children View Depth	Show hierarchy levels: for parents, for children
Relationships
Is a	cluster of actin-based cell projections
Part of	apical part of cell
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
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External Crossreferences & Linkouts
	Wikipedia:Brush_border