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

Preferred term

Basal Bodies  

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  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Basal Body

Scope note

  • Structures which form the base of FLAGELLA and CILIA. They contain nine triplets of MICROTUBULES that are arranged around the periphery and that serve as the nucleation center for AXONEME assembly.

History note

  • 2014

In other languages

  • tyvikappaleet

    Finnish

  • kinetosomi
  • kinetosomit
  • tyvijyvänen
  • tyvijyväset
  • tyvikappale
  • Basalkropp

    Swedish

  • Basalkorn
  • Kinetosom

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D064652

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