cleavage furrowGene ontology ID
GO:0032154
Definition
The cleavage furrow is a plasma membrane invagination at the cell division site. The cleavage furrow begins as a shallow groove and eventually deepens to divide the cytoplasm
Comment
While the term 'cleavage furrow' was initially associated with animal cells, such a structure occurs in many other types of cells, including unicellular protists.
References
1. GOC: vw
2. ISBN 08053194093. Wikipedia: Cleavage furrow
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