"Cell Polarity" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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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.
| Descriptor ID |
D016764
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G04.250
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| Concept/Terms |
Cell Polarity- Cell Polarity
- Cell Polarities
- Polarities, Cell
- Polarity, Cell
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| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Cell Polarity" by people in Profiles.
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A mutation in the tuft mouse disrupts TET1 activity and alters the expression of genes that are crucial for neural tube closure. Dis Model Mech. 2016 05 01; 9(5):585-96.