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... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cell Nucleus > Macronucleus
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cell Nucleus > Macronucleus

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Macronucleus  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Macronuclei

Scope note

  • The larger of two types of nuclei in ciliate protozoans. It is the transcriptionally active nucleus of the vegetative cells as distinguished from the smaller transcriptionally inert GERMLINE MICRONUCLEUS.

History note

  • 2005

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D048648

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