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Descriptor English: Genes, Essential
Descriptor Spanish: Genes Esenciales
Descriptor genes esenciales
Scope note: Genes de un organismo que son necesarios para su viabilidad y función normal.
Descriptor Portuguese: Genes Essenciais
Descriptor French: Gènes essentiels
Entry term(s): Essential Gene
Essential Genes
Gene, Essential
Gene, House-keeping
Gene, Housekeeping
Genes, House keeping
Genes, House-keeping
Genes, Housekeeping
House-keeping Gene
House-keeping Genes
Housekeeping Gene
Housekeeping Genes
Tree number(s): G05.360.340.024.340.270
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D020043
Scope note: Those genes found in an organism which are necessary for its viability and normal function.
Annotation: coord NIM with specific genes
Allowable Qualifiers: DE drug effects
ES ethics
GE genetics
IM immunology
PH physiology
RE radiation effects
Public MeSH Note: 99
History Note: 99
DeCS ID: 33895
Unique ID: D020043
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Date Established: 1999/01/01
Date of Entry: 1998/06/10
Revision Date: 2011/06/24
Genes, Essential - Preferred
Concept UI M0029755
Scope note Those genes found in an organism which are necessary for its viability and normal function.
Preferred term Genes, Essential
Entry term(s) Essential Gene
Essential Genes
Gene, Essential
Genes, Housekeeping - Narrower
Concept UI M0551240
Scope note Constitutively and evenly expressed genes involved in routine cellular metabolisms.
Preferred term Genes, Housekeeping
Entry term(s) Gene, House-keeping
Gene, Housekeeping
Genes, House keeping
Genes, House-keeping
House-keeping Gene
House-keeping Genes
Housekeeping Gene
Housekeeping Genes



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