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MeSH Heading: Avidin
Tree Number(s): D09.400.430.673; D12.776.034.614.300; D12.776.256.159.157.663.300; D12.776.290.663.100; D12.776.395.175
Unique ID: D001360
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001360
Scope Note: A specific protein in egg albumin that interacts with BIOTIN to render it unavailable to mammals, thereby producing biotin deficiency.
CAS Type 1 Name: Avidins
NLM Classification #: QU 55.4
See Also: Biotin
Public MeSH Note: 87; was see under OVALBUMIN 1969-86
Online Note: search OVALBUMIN 1969-72
History Note: 87(73); was see under OVALBUMIN 1969-86
Date Established: 1987/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2023/03/16

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)

poisoning (PO)

radiation effects (RE)

standards (ST)

supply & distribution (SD)

therapeutic use (TU)

toxicity (TO)

ultrastructure (UL)

urine (UR)

Avidin MeSH Descriptor Data 2025