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... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Secretory Vesicles > Microneme
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Secretory Vesicles > Microneme
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Secretory Vesicles > Microneme

Preferred term

Microneme  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Sarconeme
  • Sarconemes

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.

History note

  • 2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000088462

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