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Accession
GO:0005604
Name
basement membrane
Ontology
cellular_component
Synonyms
basal lamina, basement lamina, lamina densa
Alternate IDs
GO:0008003, GO:0005605
Definition
A collagen-containing extracellular matrix consisting of a thin layer of dense material found in various animal tissues interposed between the cells and the adjacent connective tissue. It consists of the basal lamina plus an associated layer of reticulin fibers. Source: ISBN:0198547684, PMID:22505934
Comment
Note that this term has no relationship to 'membrane ; GO:0016020' because the basement membrane is not a lipid bilayer.
History
See term history for GO:0005604 at QuickGO
Chem. react.
None
Subset
None
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Parents of basement membrane (GO:0005604)
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basement membrane [is_a relation] is_a  collagen-containing extracellular matrix (GO:0062023)
Children of basement membrane (GO:0005604)
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basement membrane of epithelium (UBERON:0005769) [RO:0002473 relation] RO:0002473  basement membrane
basement membrane disassembly (GO:0034769) [RO:0002590 relation] RO:0002590  basement membrane
laminin complex (GO:0043256) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  basement membrane
basement membrane organization (GO:0071711) [RO:0002592 relation] RO:0002592  basement membrane
basement membrane assembly (GO:0070831) [RO:0002588 relation] RO:0002588  basement membrane
basement membrane collagen trimer (GO:0098651) [BFO:0000050 relation] BFO:0000050  basement membrane
basal lamina of epithelium (UBERON:0000482) [RO:0002473 relation] RO:0002473  basement membrane
Bruch's membrane (UBERON:0003957) [BFO:0000051 relation] BFO:0000051  basement membrane
Reichert's membrane (UBERON:0004369) [RO:0002473 relation] RO:0002473  basement membrane
glial limiting membrane (UBERON:0018687) [RO:0001025 relation] RO:0001025  basement membrane
collagen type XVII trimer (GO:0030937) [RO:0002131 relation] RO:0002131  basement membrane
lamina densa of glomerular basement membrane (UBERON:0005787) [RO:0002473 relation] RO:0002473  basement membrane
collagen type VII anchoring fibril (GO:0098652) [RO:0002131 relation] RO:0002131  basement membrane
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Basement_membrane