spindle apparatus

Preferred Label : spindle apparatus;

MeSH definition : A microtubule structure that forms during CELL DIVISION. It consists of two SPINDLE POLES, and sets of MICROTUBULES that may include the astral microtubules, the polar microtubules, and the kinetochore microtubules.;

MeSH synonym : apparatus, spindle;

MeSH hyponym : mitotic spindle apparatus; Apparatus, Mitotic Spindle; Mitotic Spindle; Mitotic Spindles; Spindle, Mitotic; Spindles, Mitotic; Spindle Apparatus, Mitotic; Mitotic Apparatus; Apparatus, Mitotic;

Related MeSH term : meiotic spindle apparatus; Apparatus, Meiotic Spindle; Spindle Apparatus, Meiotic; Meiotic Spindle; Meiotic Spindles; Spindle, Meiotic; Spindles, Meiotic;

MeSH annotation : coordinate with MITOSIS or MEIOSIS if pertinent;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spindle apparatus;

Details

Origin ID

D008941;

UMLS CUI

C0260013;

Allowable qualifiers
- chemistry [MeSH Qualifier]
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- enzymology [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- metabolism [MeSH Qualifier]
- microbiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- parasitology [MeSH Qualifier]
- pathology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- transplantation [MeSH Qualifier]
- ultrastructure [MeSH Qualifier]
- virology [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- Mitotic apparatus [LOINC component]
- Mitotic spindle [FMA entity]
- Mitotic spindle (cell structure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- Mitotic spindle apparatus [LOINC component]
- meiotic spindle [GO term]
- mitotic spindle [GO term]
- mitotic spindle, nos [SNOMED Notion]
Indexing information
- KIFC1 protein, Xenopus [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- MIF2 protein, S cerevisiae [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- NUMA1 protein, Xenopus [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Numa1 protein, mouse [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- RMSA-1 protein, human [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- SPAG5 protein, human [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Spag5 protein, mouse [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- meiotic spindle apparatus [MeSH concept]
- mitotic spindle apparatus [MeSH concept]
- spindle apparatus [MeSH concept]
See also
- centromere [MeSH Descriptor]
- centrosome [MeSH Descriptor]
- kinetochores [MeSH Descriptor]
- microtubules [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Cell Component [UMLS semantic type]

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