Anatomy

Centrosome

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).

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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).

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  • Centrosomes
  • Pericentriolar Material
  • Pericentriolar Matrix
  • Pericentriolar Region
  • Material, Pericentriolar
  • Matrix, Pericentriolar
  • Pericentriolar Materials
  • Pericentriolar Matrices
  • Pericentriolar Regions
  • Region, Pericentriolar

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, drug effects, enzymology, immunology, metabolism, microbiology, parasitology, pathology, physiology, radiation effects, transplantation, ultrastructure, virology.

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  • Centrioles (1982-1994)

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  1. A11w.284w.430w.214w.190.750w.585w.160w
  2. A11w.284w.430w.214w.190.750w.820w.500.500w

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Centrosome. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D018385. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D018385
  2. Centrosome. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrosome
  3. Centrosome. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190769