cell polarity - CISMeF

Preferred Label : cell polarity;

MeSH definition : Orientation of intracellular structures especially with respect to the apical and basolateral domains of the plasma membrane. Polarized cells must direct proteins from the Golgi apparatus to the appropriate domain since tight junctions prevent proteins from diffusing between the two domains.;

MeSH synonym : polarity, cell; cell polarities; polarities, cell;

MeSH annotation : orientation of intracell struct to plasma membrane;

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cell polarity;

Details

Origin ID

D016764;

UMLS CUI

C0085304;

Allowable qualifiers
- drug effects [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- genetics [MeSH Qualifier]
- immunology [MeSH Qualifier]
- physiology [MeSH Qualifier]
- radiation effects [MeSH Qualifier]
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- establishment of cell polarity [GO term]
- establishment or maintenance of cell polarity [GO term]
Indexing information
- Par6 protein, mouse [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Pard3 protein, mouse [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
- Pard3 protein, rat [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- cell polarity [MeSH concept]
Semantic type(s)
- Spatial Concept [UMLS semantic type]

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