Purple Membrane

"Purple Membrane" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Functionally and structurally differentiated, purple-pigmented regions of the cytoplasmic membrane of some strains of Halobacterium halobium. The membrane develops under anaerobic conditions and is made almost entirely of the purple pigment BACTERIORHODOPSINS. (From Singleton & Sainsbury Dictionary of Microbiology and Molecular Biology, 2d ed)

Descriptor ID

D018717

MeSH Number(s)

A11.284.149.648

A20.871

Concept/Terms

Purple Membrane

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Anatomy [A]
Cells [A11]
Cellular Structures [A11.284]
Cell Membrane [A11.284.149]
Purple Membrane [A11.284.149.648]
Bacterial Structures [A20]
Purple Membrane [A20.871]

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