host cell centrosome

Term ID

GO:0120148

Synonyms

• host centrosome

Definition

A structure in a host cell comprised of a core structure (in most organisms, a pair of centrioles) and peripheral material from which a microtubule-based structure, such as a spindle apparatus, is organized. Centrosomes occur close to the nucleus during interphase in many eukaryotic cells, though in animal cells it changes continually during the cell-division cycle. 0198547684

References

Ontology

GO: Cellular Component    QuickGO    AmiGO