FB2026_03 , released September 17, 2026

CV Term Report

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General Information

Term

cell surface

ID (Ontology)

GO:0009986 (Gene Ontology)

Definition

The external part of the cell wall and/or plasma membrane.

Also Known As

"cell associated" ; "cell bound"

Comment

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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
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
cell surface (all annotations which use CV term, excluding "NOT" statements)	--
cell surface \| larval stage		--
is_active_in \| cell surface	--
located_in \| cell surface	--

Spanning Tree (Parents/Children)

  cellular_component
   |__cellular anatomical structure
       |__cell surface  101 rec.
           |__cell surface furrow
           |   |__dinoflagellate apical groove
           |   |__dinoflagellate cingulum
           |   |__dinoflagellate sulcus(+)
           |__external side of cell wall
           |   |__external side of fungal-type cell wall
           |__external side of plasma membrane 39 rec.
           |   |__external side of apical plasma membrane 1 rec.
           |   |__extrinsic component of external side of plasma membrane(+)
           |   |__periplasmic side of plasma membrane(+)
           |__longitudinal side of cell surface
           |__ventral surface of cell

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Relationships
Is a	cellular anatomical structure
Part of
Synonyms & Secondary IDs
Synonyms
	"cell associated" EXACT "cell bound" EXACT
Secondary IDs

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