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MeSH Heading: Receptors, Amino Acid
Tree Number(s): D12.776.543.750.720.200
Unique ID: D017459
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D017459
Annotation: coord IM with specific amino acid (IM)
Scope Note: Cell surface proteins that bind amino acids and trigger changes which influence the behavior of cells. Glutamate receptors are the most common receptors for fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the vertebrate central nervous system, and GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID and glycine receptors are the most common receptors for fast inhibition.
Entry Version: RECEPT AA
Entry Term(s): Amino Acid Receptors; Receptor, Amino Acid; Receptors, Amino Acids
Previous Indexing: Receptors, Endogenous Substances (1981-1992)
Public MeSH Note: 93; AMINO ACID RECEPTOR was indexed under RECEPTORS, ENDOGENOUS SUBSTANCES 1981-92
Online Note: use RECEPTORS, AMINO ACID (NM) to search AMINO ACID RECEPTOR 1981-92
History Note: 93; was AMINO ACID RECEPTOR (NM) 1981-92
Date Established: 1993/01/01
Date of Entry: 1992/05/22
Revision Date: 2019/05/24

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

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analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

chemistry (CH)

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drug effects (DE)

genetics (GE)

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immunology (IM)

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metabolism (ME)

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therapeutic use (TU)

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Concept UI: M0026495
Scope Note: Cell surface proteins that bind amino acids and trigger changes which influence the behavior of cells. Glutamate receptors are the most common receptors for fast excitatory synaptic transmission in the vertebrate central nervous system, and GAMMA-AMINOBUTYRIC ACID and glycine receptors are the most common receptors for fast inhibition.
Terms: Receptors, Amino Acid Preferred Term
Term UI T052311
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993); Receptor, Amino Acid
Term UI T052308
Date04/13/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Receptors, Amino Acids
Term UI T052309
Date02/22/1993
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1994); Amino Acid Receptors
Term UI T052310
Date03/31/1992
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1993)

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