| id | GO:0009434 Detailed information
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| name | microtubule-based flagellum
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| namespace | cellular_component
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| def | "A long, whiplike protrusion from the surface of a eukaryotic cell, whose undulations drive the cell through a liquid medium; similar in structure to a cilium. The flagellum is based on a 9+2 arrangement of microtubules." [GOC:mtg_sensu, ISBN:0815316194]
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| comment | See also the cellular component term 'cilium ; GO:0005929'.
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| is_a | GO:0019861 ! flagellum
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| is_a | GO:0043231 ! intracellular membrane-bounded organelle
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