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Descriptor English: Cell Wall
Descriptor Spanish: Pared Celular
Descriptor pared celular
Scope note: Estructura, generalmente rígida, que forma una capa exterior a la MEMBRANA CELULAR en la mayoría de las algas, bacterias y hongos. Es responsable de la forma del organismo y los protege de las agresiones mecánicas, lisis osmótica, etc. Puede también constituir una barrera de permeabilidad, por ejemplo para antibióticos y otras sustancias.(Singleton & Sainsbury, Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed).
Descriptor Portuguese: Parede Celular
Descriptor French: Paroi cellulaire
Tree number(s): A11.284.183
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002473
Scope note: The outermost layer of a cell in most PLANTS; BACTERIA; FUNGI; and ALGAE. The cell wall is usually a rigid structure that lies external to the CELL MEMBRANE, and provides a protective barrier against physical or chemical agents.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH composition chimique
CL classification
DE effets des médicaments et des substances chimiques
EN enzymologie
GE génétique
IM immunologie
ME métabolisme
MI microbiologie
PA anatomopathologie
PH physiologie
PS parasitologie
RE effets des radiations
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virologie
DeCS ID: 2508
Unique ID: D002473
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Date Established: 1967/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30
Paroi cellulaire - Preferred
Concept UI M0003773
Preferred term Paroi cellulaire



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