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Concept information
Preferred term
peptides
Type
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Chemical
Definition
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Compounds composed of two or more amino acids joined together by peptide (amide) bonds between adjacent amino acids.
Source: NAL Thesaurus Staff
Type: Concept definition
Broader concept
Narrower concepts
- amyloid beta-peptides
- angiotensins
- antimicrobial peptides
- cyclic peptides
- cytokines
- endothelins
- glycopeptides
- intracellular signaling peptides and proteins
- kinins
- lipopeptides
- lytic peptides
- neuropeptides
- nonribosomal peptides
- oligopeptides
- opioid peptides
- peptide hormones
- peptide libraries
- phosphopeptides
- phytochelatins
- polyamino acids
- polypeptides
- recombinant peptides
- synthetic peptides
In other languages
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Spanish
URI
https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/7813
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