microvillar

English

Etymology

From micro- +‎ villar.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɪlə(ɹ)

Adjective

microvillar (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to a microvillus
   • 2000 December 8, Hui-Yun Chang, Donald F. Ready, “Rescue of Photoreceptor Degeneration in Rhodopsin-Null Drosophila Mutants by Activated Rac1”, in Science‎^[1], volume 290, number 5498, →DOI, pages 1978–1980:

     At about 90% of pupal development (pd), after the onset of rhodopsin expression at 75% pd, RTW microfilaments elongated commensurate with the increasing microvillar length and gathered into bundles (Fig. 1 D).

   • 1998 January 23, Valerie Mermall et al., “Unconventional Myosins in Cell Movement, Membrane Traffic, and Signal Transduction”, in Science‎^[2], volume 279, number 5350, →DOI, pages 527–533:

     Brush border M1 tethers the microvillar core bundle to the plasma membrane of intestinal microvilli (3).

Derived terms

• amicrovillar