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Subcellular Fractions MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Subcellular Fractions
Tree Number(s)
A11.284.835
Unique ID
D013347
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D013347
Scope Note
Components of a cell produced by various separation techniques which, though they disrupt the delicate anatomy of a cell, preserve the structure and physiology of its functioning constituents for biochemical and ultrastructural analysis. (From Alberts et al., Molecular Biology of the Cell, 2d ed, p163)
NLM Classification #
QU 350
Previous Indexing
Cytology (1966-1971)
Microsomes (1966-1971)
See Also
Cell Fractionation
Public MeSH Note
72
Online Note
use SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS to search HOMOGENATES 1966
History Note
72; HOMOGENATES was Prov 1964-66
Date Established
1972/01/01
Date of Entry
1999/01/01
Revision Date
2004/07/07
Subcellular Fractions Preferred
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