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

Preferred term

Basal Bodies  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • 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. The basal bodies of CILIA.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Basal Body

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In other languages

  • Corpuscules basaux

    French

  • Blépharoblastes
  • Corpuscule basal
  • Grains basaux
  • Granules basaux

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-BGZ87HSK-J

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