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Creatine Kinase

"Creatine Kinase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure, which enables searching at various levels of specificity.

A transferase that catalyzes formation of PHOSPHOCREATINE from ATP + CREATINE. The reaction stores ATP energy as phosphocreatine. Three cytoplasmic ISOENZYMES have been identified in human tissues: the MM type from SKELETAL MUSCLE, the MB type from myocardial tissue and the BB type from nervous tissue as well as a mitochondrial isoenzyme. Macro-creatine kinase refers to creatine kinase complexed with other serum proteins.


This graph shows the total number of publications written about "Creatine Kinase" by people in Harvard Catalyst Profiles by year, and whether "Creatine Kinase" was a major or minor topic of these publication.
Bar chart showing 272 publications over 31 distinct years, with a maximum of 24 publications in 1999
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