Septins
"Septins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A family of GTP-binding proteins that were initially identified in YEASTS where they were shown to initiate the process of septation and bud formation. Septins form into hetero-oligomeric complexes that are comprised of several distinct septin subunits. These complexes can act as cytoskeletal elements that play important roles in CYTOKINESIS, cytoskeletal reorganization, BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT, and membrane dynamics.
| Descriptor ID |
D058112
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D08.811.277.040.330.300.700 D12.776.157.325.757 D12.776.220.932
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