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... > Fluids and Secretions > Body Fluids > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Lipid Droplets
... > Tissues > Body Fluid Compartments > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Lipid Droplets
... > Cells > Cellular Structures > Intracellular Space > Cytoplasm > Cytoplasmic Structures > Organelles > Lipid Droplets

Preferred term

Lipid Droplets  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Adiposome
  • Adiposomes
  • Lipid Bodies
  • Lipid Body
  • Lipid Storage Bodies
  • Lipid Storage Body
  • Storage Bodies, Lipid
  • Storage Body, Lipid

Note

  • differentiate from LIPOSOMES which are artificially created vesicles

Scope note

  • Dynamic cytoplasmic organelles found in almost all cells. They consist of a central core of LIPIDS surrounded by a phospholipid monolayer studded with surface proteins, and are involved in LIPID METABOLISM and storage.

History note

  • 2015

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D066292

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