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Descriptor English: Microsomes
Descriptor Spanish: Microsomas
Descriptor microsomas
Scope note: Artefactos vesiculares formados a partir del retículo endoplásmico cuando se produce rotura celular. Se aíslan mediante centrifugación diferencial y están compuestas por tres elementos estructurales: las vesículas rugosas, las vesículas lisas y los ribosomas. Numerosas actividades enzimáticas están asociadas con la fracción microsómica. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990; Rieger, et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed)
Descriptor Portuguese: Microssomos
Descriptor French: Microsomes
Entry term(s): Microsome
Tree number(s): A11.284.835.540
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D008861
Scope note: Artifactual vesicles formed from the endoplasmic reticulum when cells are disrupted. They are isolated by differential centrifugation and are composed of three structural features: rough vesicles, smooth vesicles, and ribosomes. Numerous enzyme activities are associated with the microsomal fraction. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990; from Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed)
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Public MeSH Note: 65
History Note: 65(64)
DeCS ID: 9049
Unique ID: D008861
NLM Classification: QU 350
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Date Established: 1965/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2000/06/22
Microsomes - Preferred
Concept UI M0013818
Scope note Artifactual vesicles formed from the endoplasmic reticulum when cells are disrupted. They are isolated by differential centrifugation and are composed of three structural features: rough vesicles, smooth vesicles, and ribosomes. Numerous enzyme activities are associated with the microsomal fraction. (Glick, Glossary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1990; from Rieger et al., Glossary of Genetics: Classical and Molecular, 5th ed)
Preferred term Microsomes
Entry term(s) Microsome



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