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Affiliation [AD]: Harvard Medical School[ad]
Author [AU]: Leon DA[au]
Issue [IP]:The number of the journal issue in which
the article was published.
Journal Title [TA]: J Biol Chem[ta], Journal of
Biological Chemistry[ta]
Language [LA]: eng[la]
MeSH Major Topic [MAJR]
MeSH Terms [MH]
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Pagination [PG]
Publication Date [DP]:The date that the article was published.
Format: YYYY/MM/DD [dp], “last X days”[dp] , “last X
months”[dp] o r“last X year”[dp]
Publication Type [PT] : review[pt]
Title [TI]
Title/Abstract [TIAB]
Volume [VI] : The number of the journal volume in which an
article is published.
EC/RN Number [RN]
Number assigned by the Enzyme Commission (EC) to designate a particular
enzyme or by the Chemical Abstracts Service (CAS) for Registry Numbers,
e.g., 1-5-20-4[rn]
A RN – a substance name
An ISSN – a journal name
PubMed truncates this search to include
varying middle initials and designations such as
Jr. or 2nd.
You can search for multiple authors. Enter each
name in the author search format.
The search result:
To search for an author using only the last
name, enter the name followed by the author
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As shown in the above figure, even when you
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format: lastname + initials.
For some names, it is necessary to distinguish
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following the last name.
In this example, we are searching for James Ryan, rather than Ryan James.
See the following result:
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boat
sail
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boat
Example: boat NOT sail
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sail
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