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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Endosomes > Multivesicular Bodies
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Endosomes > Multivesicular Bodies
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Cytoplasmic Vesicles > Transport Vesicles > Endosomes > Multivesicular Bodies

Preferred term

Multivesicular Bodies  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Endosomal Carrier Vesicle
  • Endosomal Carrier Vesicles
  • Multi Vesicular Bodies
  • Multi-Vesicular Bodies
  • Multi-Vesicular Body

Scope note

  • Endosomes containing intraluminal vesicles which are formed by the inward budding of the endosome membrane. Multivesicular bodies (MVBs) may fuse with other organelles such as LYSOSOMES or fuse back with the PLASMA MEMBRANE releasing their contents by EXOCYTOSIS. The MVB intraluminal vesicles released into the extracellular environment are known as EXOSOMES.

History note

  • 2010; use ENDOSOMES 2009

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D057146

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