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Cells > Cellular Structures > Inclusion Bodies

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Inclusion Bodies  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Cellular Inclusion
  • Cellular Inclusions
  • Inclusion, Cellular
  • Inclusions, Cellular

Note

  • for bacteria, coordinate IM with specific bacterium (IM); for viruses, INCLUSION BODIES, VIRAL is available

Scope note

  • A generic term for any circumscribed mass of foreign (e.g., lead or viruses) or metabolically inactive materials (e.g., ceroid or MALLORY BODIES), within the cytoplasm or nucleus of a cell. Inclusion bodies are in cells infected with certain filtrable viruses, observed especially in nerve, epithelial, or endothelial cells. (Stedman, 25th ed)

History note

  • 94; was CELLULAR INCLUSIONS 1970-93 (Prov 1970-71); INCLUSION BODIES was see CELLULAR INCLUSIONS 1972-93

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