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Microvilli

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Definition: Minute projections of cell membranes which greatly increase the surface area of the cell.  NIM: coord with specific cell /ultrastructure (IM); IM only if point of article irrespective of identity of cell /ultrastructure (NIM); A 11 qualif except /cytol; /genet permitted    Other names Striated Border; Brush Border; Striated Borders; Microvillus; Brush Borders; Borders, Striated; Borders, Brush; Border, Striated; Border, Brush
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
Microvillus inclusion disease  0   *Malabsorption Syndromes *Mucolipidoses Inclusion Bodies Microvilli/pathology.
MYO1A protein, human  0   *Myosin Type I *Myosin Heavy Chains Adenosine Triphosphatases Microvilli. J Biochem 1989;106(3):455
microvillin  0   *Microfilament Proteins Microvilli. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1984;81(17):5459

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