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Descriptor English: Stress Fibers
Descriptor Spanish: Fibras de Estrés
Descriptor fibras de estrés
Scope note: Haces de filamentos de actina (CITOESQUELETO DE ACTINA) y miosina-II que cruzan la célula, uniéndose a la membrana celular en las ADHESIONES FOCALES, y a la red de FILAMENTOS INTERMEDIOS que rodean el núcleo.
Descriptor Portuguese: Fibras de Estresse
Descriptor French: Fibres de stress
Entry term(s): Fiber, Stress
Fibers, Stress
Fibre, Stress
Fibres, Stress
Stress Fiber
Stress Fibre
Stress Fibres
Tree number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.750.050.830
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D022502
Scope note: Bundles of actin filaments (ACTIN CYTOSKELETON) and myosin-II that span across the cell attaching to the cell membrane at FOCAL ADHESIONS and to the network of INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS that surrounds the nucleus.
Allowable Qualifiers: CH chemistry
CL classification
DE drug effects
EN enzymology
GE genetics
IM immunology
ME metabolism
MI microbiology
PA pathology
PH physiology
PS parasitology
RE radiation effects
TR transplantation
UL ultrastructure
VI virology
Previous Indexing: Actins (1978-2000)
Cytoskeleton (1978-2000)
Public MeSH Note: 2001
History Note: 2001
DeCS ID: 35280
Unique ID: D022502
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Date Established: 2001/01/01
Date of Entry: 2000/06/22
Revision Date: 2011/07/01
Stress Fibers - Preferred
Concept UI M0358364
Scope note Bundles of actin filaments (ACTIN CYTOSKELETON) and myosin-II that span across the cell attaching to the cell membrane at FOCAL ADHESIONS and to the network of INTERMEDIATE FILAMENTS that surrounds the nucleus.
Preferred term Stress Fibers
Entry term(s) Fiber, Stress
Fibers, Stress
Fibre, Stress
Fibres, Stress
Stress Fiber
Stress Fibre
Stress Fibres



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