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MeSH Heading: Fibroins
Tree Number(s): D05.750.078.875.500; D12.776.093.750.500
Unique ID: D005349
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D005349
Scope Note: Fibrous proteins secreted by INSECTS and SPIDERS. Generally, the term refers to silkworm fibroin secreted by the silk gland cells of SILKWORMS, Bombyx mori. Spider fibroins are called spidroins or dragline silk fibroins.
Entry Term(s): Dragline Silk Fibroins; Fibroin; Fibroins, Spider; Silk Fibroin; Silk Fibroins; Spidroin; Spidroins
Registry Numbers: 9007-76-5; 0
CAS Type 1 Name: Fibroins
Public MeSH Note: 2005; see FIBROIN 1966-2004
History Note: 2005 (1966)
Date Established: 2005/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2020/05/27

Allowable Qualifiers: administration & dosage (AD)

adverse effects (AE)

agonists (AG)

analysis (AN)

antagonists & inhibitors (AI)

biosynthesis (BI)

blood (BL)

chemical synthesis (CS)

chemistry (CH)

classification (CL)

deficiency (DF)

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)

Concept UI: M0008444
Registry Numbers: 9007-76-5
Scope Note: Fibrous proteins secreted by INSECTS and SPIDERS. Generally, the term refers to silkworm fibroin secreted by the silk gland cells of SILKWORMS, Bombyx mori. Spider fibroins are called spidroins or dragline silk fibroins.
Terms: Fibroins Preferred Term
Term UI T575541
Date03/04/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Silk Fibroins
Term UI T000934871
Date10/18/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Silk Fibroin
Term UI T000934872
Date10/18/2017
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2019); Fibroin
Term UI T016331
Date01/01/1999
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (1966)

Concept UI: M0461835
Registry Numbers: 0
Terms: Fibroins, Spider Preferred Term
Term UI T575542
Date03/04/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Dragline Silk Fibroins
Term UI T575544
Date03/04/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Spidroins
Term UI T575543
Date03/04/2004
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2005); Spidroin
Term UI T001010396
Date03/17/2020
LexicalTag NON
ThesaurusID NLM (2021)

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