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Cells > Cellular Structures > Biomolecular Condensates

Preferred term

Biomolecular Condensates  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Membraneless Organelle
  • Membraneless Organelles
  • Organelle, Membraneless
  • Organelles, Membraneless

Scope note

  • Membraneless intracellular compartments formed through liquid-liquid phase separation from the surrounding CYTOPLASM or nucleoplasm or by the concentration of proteins and nucleic acids into droplets as they aggregate on static cellular structures such as CELL MEMBRANES. Examples include CELL NUCLEOLI; STRESS GRANULES; PARASPECKLES; HISTONE LOCUS BODIES; and POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITIES.

History note

  • 2022

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000091582

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