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Descriptor English: Microneme
Descriptor Spanish: Micronema
Descriptor micronema
Entry term(s) sarconema
Scope note: Orgánulo secretor localizado en el complejo apical del filo parasitario APICOMPLEXA (por ejemplo, TOXOPLASMA GONDII). El micronema interviene en la formación de la unión entre el parásito y la célula huésped mediante la liberación de proteínas micronémicas, que se unen a receptores en la superficie de la célula huésped, lo cual permite la unión del parásito.
Descriptor Portuguese: Micronema
Descriptor French: Micronème
Entry term(s): Micronemes
Sarconeme
Sarconemes
Tree number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.875.190.880.810.500
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000088462
Scope note: Secretory organelle in the apical complex of parasitic phylum APICOMPLEXA (e.g., TOXOPLASMA GONDII). Microneme plays a role in junction formation between the parasite and the host cell by releasing micronemal proteins, which bind to receptors on the host cell surface enabling parasite attachment.
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: Toxoplasma (2005-2021)
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
DeCS ID: 59682
Unique ID: D000088462
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Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/03/05
Microneme - Preferred
Concept UI M000741365
Scope note Secretory organelle in the apical complex of parasitic phylum APICOMPLEXA (e.g., TOXOPLASMA GONDII). Microneme plays a role in junction formation between the parasite and the host cell by releasing micronemal proteins, which bind to receptors on the host cell surface enabling parasite attachment.
Preferred term Microneme
Entry term(s) Micronemes
Sarconeme
Sarconemes



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