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MeSH Heading: Axoneme
Tree Number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.750.602.309
Unique ID: D054468
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D054468
Scope Note: A bundle of MICROTUBULES and MICROTUBULE-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS forming the core of each CILIUM or FLAGELLUM. In most eukaryotic cilia or flagella, an axoneme shaft has 20 microtubules arranged in nine doublets and two singlets.
Entry Term(s): Axonemes
Previous Indexing: Cilia (1970-2007); Flagella (1972-2007)
Public MeSH Note: 2008
History Note: 2008
Date Established: 2008/01/01
Date of Entry: 2007/07/09
Revision Date: 1955/01/01

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)

Axoneme MeSH Descriptor Data 2025