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MeSH Heading: Lipid Droplets
Tree Number(s): A11.284.430.214.190.875.393
Unique ID: D066292
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D066292
Annotation: differentiate from LIPOSOMES which are artificially created vesicles
Scope Note: 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.
Entry Term(s): Adiposomes; Lipid Bodies; Lipid Storage Bodies; Oil Bodies; Oleosomes; Spherosomes
Previous Indexing: Lipid Metabolism (2006-2014); Lipids (1953-2014)
Public MeSH Note: 2015
History Note: 2015
Date Introduced: 2015/01/01
Last Updated: 2015/01/01

Allowable Qualifiers: chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

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)

Concept UI: M0593736
Scope Note: 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.
Terms: Lipid Droplets Preferred Term
Term UI T858855
Date04/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Adiposomes
Term UI T858856
Date04/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Lipid Bodies
Term UI T858857
Date04/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015); Lipid Storage Bodies
Term UI T858874
Date04/22/2014
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2015)

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