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Any of the small, heterogeneous, artifactual, vesicular particles, 50-150 nm in diameter, that are formed when some eukaryotic cells are homogenized and that sediment on centrifugation at 100000 g. Any of the small, heterogeneous, artifactual, vesicular particles that are formed when some cells are homogenized. That fraction of cells, prepared by disruptive biochemical methods, that includes the plasma and other membranes. Vesicular particles formed from disrupted endoplasmic reticulum and plasma membranes without any adhering ribosomes. Vesicular particles formed from disrupted endoplasmic reticulum membranes and studded with ribosomes on the outside.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: microsome
Acc: GO:0005792
Aspect: Cellular Component
Desc: Any of the small, heterogeneous, artifactual, vesicular particles, 50-150 nm in diameter, that are formed when some eukaryotic cells are homogenized and that sediment on centrifugation at 100000 g.
Synonyms:
  • microsomal membrane
Proteins in PDR annotated with:
   This term: 732 [Search]
   Term or descendants: 742 [Search]


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GO:0005792 - microsome (interactive image map)
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