GO cellular component ontology term - GO:0030428 - cell septum
Term summary
- ID
- GO:0030428
- Name
- cell septum
- Ontology or CV name
- GO cellular component
- Definition
- A structure composed of peptidoglycan and often chitin in addition to other materials. It usually forms perpendicular to the long axis of a cell or hypha and grows centripetally from the cell wall to the center of the cell and often functions in the compartmentalization of a cell into two daughter cells.
