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MeSH Heading: Biomolecular Condensates
Tree Number(s): A11.284.037
Unique ID: D000091582
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D000091582
Scope Note: Membraneless intracellular compartments formed through liquid-liquid phase separation from the surrounding CYTOPLASM or nucleoplasm or by the concentration of proteins and nucleic acids into droplets as they aggregate on static cellular structures such as CELL MEMBRANES. Examples include CELL NUCLEOLI; STRESS GRANULES; PARASPECKLES; HISTONE LOCUS BODIES; and POSTSYNAPTIC DENSITIES.
Entry Term(s): Membraneless Organelles
Previous Indexing: Organelles (2015-2021)
Public MeSH Note: 2022
History Note: 2022
Date Established: 2022/01/01
Date of Entry: 2021/07/09
Revision Date: 2021/07/07

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

genetics (GE)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Biomolecular Condensates MeSH Descriptor Data 2025