DeCS

Descriptor English:

Glycocalyx

Descriptor Spanish:

Glicocálix

Spanish from Spain

Descriptor	glicocálix
Entry term(s)	cubierta celular glicocáliz glucocálix glucocáliz
Scope note:	Zona rica en carbohidratos sobre la superficie celular. Esta zona puede visualizarse mediante varios tipos de colorantes debido a su afinidad por las lectinas. Aunque la mayor parte de los carbohidratos están unidos a moléculas intrínsecas de la membrana plasmática, el glucocalix usualmente contiene también glucoproteínas y proteoglicanos que se han segregado al espacio extracelular y que son adsorbidos por la superficie celular. (Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3d ed, p502)

Descriptor Portuguese:

Glicocálix

Descriptor French:

Glycocalyx

Entry term(s):

Cell coat
Matrice péricellulaire
Revêtement cellulaire

Tree number(s):

A11.284.149.165.355

RDF Unique Identifier:

https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D019276

Scope note:

The carbohydrate-rich zone on the cell surface. This zone can be visualized by a variety of stains as well as by its affinity for lectins. Although most of the carbohydrate is attached to intrinsic plasma membrane molecules, the glycocalyx usually also contains both glycoproteins and proteoglycans that have been secreted into the extracellular space and then adsorbed onto the cell surface. (Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 3d ed, p502)

Annotation:

a carbohydrate-rich zone on cell surface

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:

32876

Unique ID:

D019276

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Date Established:

1997/01/01

Date of Entry:

1996/06/10

Revision Date:

2000/06/22