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Glycosylphosphatidylinositols MeSH Descriptor Data 2025


MeSH Heading
Glycosylphosphatidylinositols
Tree Number(s)
D09.400.410.475
D10.390.475
D10.570.755.375.760.400.942.250
Unique ID
D017261
RDF Unique Identifier
http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017261
Scope Note
Compounds containing carbohydrate or glycosyl groups linked to phosphatidylinositols. They anchor GPI-LINKED PROTEINS or polysaccharides to cell membranes.
Entry Version
GPTI
Entry Term(s)
GPI Membrane Anchor
GPI Membrane Anchors
Gly-PtdIns
Glycoinositol Phospholipid Membrane Anchor
Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol
Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchor
Glycosyl-Phosphatidylinositol Membrane Protein Anchors
Glycosylated Phosphatidylinositol
Glycosylated Phosphatidylinositols
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchor
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Linkage
PI-Glycan
Phosphatidylinositol Glycan
Registry Numbers
0
Previous Indexing
Glycolipids (1988-1992)
Phosphatidylinositols (1988-1992)
Public MeSH Note
93; GLYCOSYL-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL was indexed under GLYCOLIPIDS & PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS 1988-92
Online Note
use GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS (NM) to search GLYCOSYL-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL (NM) 1988-92
History Note
93; was GLYCOSYL-PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL (NM) 1988-92
Date Established
1993/01/01
Date of Entry
1992/05/20
Revision Date
2020/05/27
Glycosylphosphatidylinositols Preferred
Phosphatidylinositol Glycan Narrower
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors Narrower
Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Linkage Narrower
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