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

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Microtubule-Organizing Center  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • MTOC
  • MTOCs

Scope note

  • An amorphous region of electron dense material in the cytoplasm from which the MICROTUBULES polymerization is nucleated. The pericentriolar region of the CENTROSOME which surrounds the CENTRIOLES is an example.

History note

  • 2001; use CENTROSOME 1993-2000

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D022101

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