Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins

"Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

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Intracellular proteins that reversibly bind hydrophobic ligands including: saturated and unsaturated FATTY ACIDS; EICOSANOIDS; and RETINOIDS. They are considered a highly conserved and ubiquitously expressed family of proteins that may play a role in the metabolism of LIPIDS.

Descriptor ID	D050556
MeSH Number(s)	D12.776.157.170
Concept/Terms	Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins Fatty Acid Binding Proteins Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Brain-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Brain-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Brain Specific Brain-Type Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Brain Type Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Plasma-Membrane Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Plasma-Membrane Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Plasma Membrane Specific Plasma Membrane Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Plasma Membrane Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Intestinal-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Intestinal-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Intestinal Specific Intestinal Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Intestinal Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Liver-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Liver-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Liver Specific Liver Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Liver Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Myocardial-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Myocardial-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Myocardial Specific Myocardial Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Myocardial Fatty Acid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Protein, Cardiac Myocyte Fatty Acid Binding Protein, Cardiac Myocyte Fatty Acid-Binding Protein, Myocardial Fatty Acid Binding Protein, Myocardial Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Adipocyte-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Adipocyte-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Adipocyte Specific Adipocyte-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Protein Adipocyte Specific Fatty Acid Binding Protein Adipocyte Lipid Binding Protein Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Cytosolic-Specific Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins, Cytosolic-Specific Fatty Acid Binding Proteins, Cytosolic Specific Cytosolic Lipid-Binding Proteins Cytosolic Lipid Binding Proteins Lipid-Binding Proteins, Cytosolic

Below are MeSH descriptors whose meaning is more general than "Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins".

Chemicals and Drugs [D]
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins [D12]
Proteins [D12.776]
Carrier Proteins [D12.776.157]
Fatty Acid-Binding Proteins [D12.776.157.170]

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