Concept information
Preferred term
Microneme
Type
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mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Secretory organelle in the apical complex of parasitic phylum APICOMPLEXA (e.g., TOXOPLASMA GONDII). Microneme plays a role in junction formation between the parasite and the host cell by releasing micronemal proteins, which bind to receptors on the host cell surface enabling parasite attachment.
Broader concept
Synonym(s)
- Sarconeme
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- drug effects (Qualifier)
- enzymology (Qualifier)
- genetics (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- microbiology (Qualifier)
- parasitology (Qualifier)
- pathology (Qualifier)
- physiology (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- transplantation (Qualifier)
- ultrastructure (Qualifier)
- virology (Qualifier)
In other languages
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French
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Sarconème
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-KTNHDRN4-K
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