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

Preferred term

Dense Core Vesicles  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Dense Core Granule
  • Dense-Core Granule
  • Dense Core Granules
  • Dense-Core Granules
  • Dense-Core Vesicle
  • Dense-Core Vesicles
  • Granule, Dense Core
  • Granule, Dense-Core
  • Vesicle, Dense-Core

Scope note

  • Membrane-bound electron-dense organelles, 50–200 nm in size found in neurons and endocrine cells. Dense core vesicles package cargo molecules (NEUROPEPTIDES; NEUROTRANSMITTERS and MiRNAs) in a granular internal matrix. Neuronal dense core vesicles release their cargo content by EXOCYTOSIS.

History note

  • 2022(2001)

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000088482

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