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Category D - Chemicals and Drugs

Subheadings

/physiology Used with biochemical substances, endogenously produced, for their physiologic role

Role of tubulin in the cell cycle
TUBULIN /*physiol
*CELL CYCLE

/genetics Used for the genetic aspects of endogenous chemicals. It includes biochemical and molecular influence on genetic material

Characterization of a cysteine proteinase gene in Leishmania
CYSTEINE PROTEINASE /*genet
*GENES, PROTOZOAN
LEISHMANIA /*genet

/immunology Used for immunologic properties of chemicals

Production of antibodies to human herpesvirus 6
HERPESVIRUS 6, HUMAN /*immunol
ANTIBODIES, VIRAL /*biosyn
HUMAN (check tag)

/biosynthesis Used for the anabolic formation of chemical substances in organisms, in living cells, or by subcellular fractions

Synthesis of ergosterol in Candida
ERGOSTEROL /*biosyn
CANDIDA /*metab

/deficiency Used with endogenous and exogenous substances which are absent or in diminished amount relative to the normal requirement of an organism or a biologic system

Zinc deficiency in children
ZINC /*defic
CHILD (check tag)
HUMAN (check tag)

Last Reviewed: March 7, 2019