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Descriptor English: Centrosome
Descriptor Spanish: Centrosoma
Descriptor centrosoma
Entry term(s) material pericentriolar
matriz pericentriolar
región pericentriolar
Scope note: Orgánulo situado cerca del núcleo de la célula que consta (en los animales y en los organismos que tienen CILIOS) de dos CENTRIOLOS y del material pericentriolar circundante. Funciona como el CENTRO ORGANIZADOR DE LOS MICROTÚBULOS primario durante el CICLO CELULAR eucariota. (Traducción libre del original: https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm2180).
Descriptor Portuguese: Centrossomo
Descriptor French: Centrosome
Entry term(s): Centrosomes
Material, Pericentriolar
Matrix, Pericentriolar
Pericentriolar Material
Pericentriolar Materials
Pericentriolar Matrices
Pericentriolar Matrix
Pericentriolar Region
Pericentriolar Regions
Region, Pericentriolar
Regions, Pericentriolar
Tree number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.750.585.160
A11.284.430.214.190.750.820.500.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D018385
Scope note: An organelle near the nucleus of the cell consisting (in animals and organisms that have CILIA) of two CENTRIOLES, and the surrounding pericentriolar material. It functions as the primary MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER during the eukaryotic CELL CYCLE (https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm2180).
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
Previous Indexing: Centrioles (1982-1994)
Public MeSH Note: 95
History Note: 95
DeCS ID: 32316
Unique ID: D018385
Documents indexed in the Virtual Health Library (VHL): Click here to access the VHL documents
Date Established: 1995/01/01
Date of Entry: 1994/01/25
Revision Date: 2023/07/05
Centrosome - Preferred
Concept UI M0027612
Scope note An organelle near the nucleus of the cell consisting (in animals and organisms that have CILIA) of two CENTRIOLES, and the surrounding pericentriolar material. It functions as the primary MICROTUBULE-ORGANIZING CENTER during the eukaryotic CELL CYCLE (https://doi.org/10.1038/nrm2180).
Preferred term Centrosome
Entry term(s) Centrosomes
Pericentriolar Region - Narrower
Concept UI M0361553
Preferred term Pericentriolar Region
Entry term(s) Pericentriolar Regions
Region, Pericentriolar
Regions, Pericentriolar
Pericentriolar Matrix - Narrower
Concept UI M000765146
Preferred term Pericentriolar Matrix
Entry term(s) Material, Pericentriolar
Matrix, Pericentriolar
Pericentriolar Material
Pericentriolar Materials
Pericentriolar Matrices



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