Concept information
Preferred term
Lipid Droplets
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- 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. Lipid-containing organelles found in plant tissues. They primarily contain TRIGLYCERIDES bound by a phospholipid monolayer.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Adiposomes
- Lipid Bodies
- Lipid Storage Bodies
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- transplantation (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Adiposomes
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Corps lipidique
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Corps lipidiques
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Vésicules de stockage des lipides
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Vésicules de stockage lipidique
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Vésicules lipidiques
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-GZ5756RX-P
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