"Protein Conformation" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
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The characteristic 3-dimensional shape of a protein, including the secondary, supersecondary (motifs), tertiary (domains) and quaternary structure of the peptide chain. PROTEIN STRUCTURE, QUATERNARY describes the conformation assumed by multimeric proteins (aggregates of more than one polypeptide chain).
| Descriptor ID |
D011487
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.570.790.709
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| Concept/Terms |
Protein Conformation- Protein Conformation
- Conformation, Protein
- Conformations, Protein
- Protein Conformations
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 1995 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1996 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 1997 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 1998 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1999 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2002 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2003 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| 2005 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2006 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2007 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2008 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 2010 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2011 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2012 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| 2013 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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