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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubule-Organizing Center > Centrosome
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubule-Organizing Center > Centrosome
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Microtubule-Organizing Center > Centrosome
... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus > Spindle Poles > Centrosome
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus > Spindle Poles > Centrosome
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Cytoskeleton > Spindle Apparatus > Spindle Poles > Centrosome

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Centrosome  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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  • Matrix, Pericentriolar
  • Pericentriolar Matrices
  • Pericentriolar Matrix
  • Pericentriolar Region
  • Pericentriolar Regions
  • Region, Pericentriolar

Scope note

  • 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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