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MeSH Heading: Crystallins
Tree Number(s): D12.776.306.366
Unique ID: D003459
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D003459
Annotation: not for crystalline lens ( = LENS, CRYSTALLINE)
Scope Note: A heterogeneous family of water-soluble structural proteins found in cells of the vertebrate lens. The presence of these proteins accounts for the transparency of the lens. The family is composed of four major groups, alpha, beta, gamma, and delta, and several minor groups, which are classed on the basis of size, charge, immunological properties, and vertebrate source. Alpha, beta, and delta crystallins occur in avian and reptilian lenses, while alpha, beta, and gamma crystallins occur in all other lenses.
Entry Term(s): Crystallin; Eye Lens Protein; Lens Proteins
Public MeSH Note: 68
History Note: 68(64)
Date Established: 1968/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2005/06/30

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

cerebrospinal fluid (CF)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

drug effects (DE)

economics (EC)

genetics (GE)

history (HI)

immunology (IM)

isolation & purification (IP)

metabolism (ME)

pharmacokinetics (PK)

pharmacology (PD)

physiology (PH)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Concept UI: M0005393
Scope Note: A heterogeneous family of water-soluble structural proteins found in cells of the vertebrate lens. The presence of these proteins accounts for the transparency of the lens. The family is composed of four major groups, alpha, beta, gamma, and delta, and several minor groups, which are classed on the basis of size, charge, immunological properties, and vertebrate source. Alpha, beta, and delta crystallins occur in avian and reptilian lenses, while alpha, beta, and gamma crystallins occur in all other lenses.
Terms: Crystallins Preferred Term
Term UI T010057
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1964); Crystallin
Term UI T010056
Date05/04/1987
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX); Lens Proteins
Term UI T010058
Date03/29/1974
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID UNK (19XX)

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