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MeSH Heading: Centrioles
Tree Number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.750.585.160.130; A11.284.430.214.190.750.820.500.500.130
Unique ID: D002502
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D002502
Scope Note: Self-replicating, short, fibrous, rod-shaped organelles. Each centriole is a short cylinder containing nine pairs of peripheral microtubules, arranged so as to form the wall of the cylinder.
Entry Term(s): Centriole
NLM Classification #: QU 350
Previous Indexing: Mitosis (1968-1978); Organoids (1966-1978)
Public MeSH Note: 85; was see under ORGANOIDS 1979-84
History Note: 85(79); was see under ORGANOIDS 1979-84
Date Established: 1985/01/01
Date of Entry: 1978/03/10
Revision Date: 2013/07/08

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

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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)

Centrioles MeSH Descriptor Data 2025