Cell Component
spindle pole body
spin·dle pole bod·y
Subclass of:
Microtubule-Organizing Center; Spindle Poles
Definitions related to spindle pole body:
  • Functional equivalent of the mammalian centriole in yeast.
    CRISP Thesaurus
    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • The microtubule organizing center in fungi; functionally homologous to the animal cell centrosome.
    Gene Ontology Dictionary
    Gene Ontology Consortium, 2021
  • The spindle pole body (SPB) is the microtubule organizing center (MTOC) in the yeast Saccharomyces that plays a pivotal role in such diverse processes as mitosis, budding, and mating. (from Cell. 1997;89:1077-86)
    NCI Thesaurus
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
  • (spindle pole bodies) Microtubule organizing centers of FUNGI and DIATOMS. They are embedded in the NUCLEAR ENVELOPE and evolve into the spindle apparatus during CELL DIVISION.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
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