Mesh term Amino Acids
Browse to parent terms:Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins
Description
Organic compounds that generally contain an amino (-NH2) and a carboxyl (-COOH) group. Twenty alpha-amino acids are the subunits which are polymerized to form proteins.Browse to child terms:
Alanine
Amino Acid Chloromethyl Ketones
Amino Acids, Acidic
Amino Acids, Basic
Amino Acids, Branched-Chain
Amino Acids, Cyclic
Amino Acids, Diamino
Amino Acids, Dicarboxylic
Amino Acids, Essential
Amino Acids, Neutral
Amino Acids, Sulfur
Aminobutyrates
Aminocaproates
Aminolevulinic Acid
Canavanine
Creatine
Excitatory Amino Acids
Glycine
Homoserine
Kynurenine
Oxamic Acid
Phosphoamino Acids
Quisqualic Acid
RNA, Transfer, Amino Acyl
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