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MeSH Heading: Prokaryotic Cells
Tree Number(s): A11.760
Unique ID: D011387
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D011387
Annotation: general: prefer BACTERIA or ARCHAEA or specifics
Scope Note: Cells lacking a nuclear membrane so that the nuclear material is either scattered in the cytoplasm or collected in a nucleoid region.
NLM Classification #: QW 51
Previous Indexing: appropriate cell, organism, subcellular fraction, or process
Public MeSH Note: 91; was see under CELLS 1978-90
History Note: 91(78); was see under CELLS 1978-90
Date Established: 1991/01/01
Date of Entry: 1977/03/01
Revision Date: 2007/07/09

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

cytology (CY)

drug effects (DE)

enzymology (EN)

immunology (IM)

metabolism (ME)

microbiology (MI)

parasitology (PS)

pathology (PA)

physiology (PH)

radiation effects (RE)

transplantation (TR)

ultrastructure (UL)

virology (VI)

Prokaryotic Cells MeSH Descriptor Data 2025