Classification-Schedules

Classification 2024 Winter Edition

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Biochemistry. Cell Biology and Genetics

Schedule Contents

Reference Works. General Works Proteins. Amino Acids. Peptides Carbohydrates. Lipids Biochemistry of the Human Body Enzymes Nutrition Vitamins. Vitamin Deficiencies Nutrition Disorders Metabolic Diseases Water-Electrolyte Imbalance. Acid-Base Imbalance Cells Genetics Cells

Classify genetic causes of disease in QZ 50.
Classify bacterial and general microbial genetics in QW 51.
Classify viral genetics in QW 160.5.
Classify fungal genetics in QW 180.
Classify plant genetics in QK.

Reference Works. General Works

QU 1

Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society) (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in QU 22. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see QU 23-24.

[QU 4]

[This number not used]

Classify works on biochemical phenomena and molecular biology in QU 34.

QU 5

Collected works by several authors

QU 7

Collected works by individual authors

QU 9

Addresses. Essays. Lectures

QU 11

History (Table-G)

QU 11.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

QU 13

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 15

Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 16

Tables. Statistics. Surveys (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify nutrition tables or food value tables in QU 145-145.5. Classify nutrition surveys in QU 146.

QU 16.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 17

Atlases. Pictorial works

QU 18

Education

Classify here works about education.

QU 18.2

Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

QU 19

Schools, departments, and faculties of biochemistry, cell biology, or genetics (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Include here works on the history of schools. Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.

QU 19.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 20

Research (General)

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

QU 21

Biochemistry as a profession. Cell biology and genetics as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

QU 22

Directories (Table-G)

QU 22.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 23

Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.

QU 24

Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)

QU 24.5

Biological specimen banks (Table-G)

QU 24.51

General coverage (Not Table-G)

QU 25

Laboratory manuals. Technique

Include here cytological techniques in cell biology. Classify works on cytological techniques in clinical pathology in QY 95. Classify techniques associated with a specific type of cell with the cell. Classify works on genetic techniques in QU 550.

QU 26

Equipment and supplies
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify catalogs here.

QU 26.5

Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.

QU 28.5

Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.

QU 28.6

Individual museums, exhibitions, etc. (Cutter from name of institution) (Table-G)

QU 32

Laws (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 32.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 33

Discussion of law (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 33.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 34

Biochemical phenomena. Molecular biology (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on both the specialty and biochemical phenomena here. Classify works on the specialty only in QU 21.

QU 39

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)

QU 45

Macromolecular substances (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 50

Chemistry of food substances (General)

QU 54

Nitrogen and related compounds (General or not elsewhere classified)

Proteins. Amino Acids. Peptides

QU 55

Proteins (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify here works on proteins in general or those in foods. Classify works on those that are localized, by site, e.g., eye proteins in WW 101; on those that are enzymes or coenzymes in QU 135-141 or with the system acted upon; on blood proteins in WH or in clinical pathology QY 455; on immunoglobulins in QW 601; on other immunoproteins in appropriate QW number.

QU 55.2

Carrier proteins. Intracellular signaling peptides and proteins. Intercellular signaling peptides and proteins

QU 55.3

Cytoskeletal proteins. Scleroproteins

QU 55.4

Dietary proteins

QU 55.5

Glycoproteins

QU 55.6

Heat-shock proteins. Molecular chaperones

QU 55.7

Membrane proteins. Cell surface receptors

QU 55.8

Metalloproteins

QU 55.9

Protein phenomena

QU 55.95

Protein engineering

QU 55.97

Transcription factors

QU 56

Nucleoproteins

QU 57

Nucleosides. Nucleotides

QU 58

Nucleic acids and derivatives (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on derivatives acting on blood and blood formation in QV 185.

QU 58.5

DNA

QU 58.7

RNA

QU 60

Amino acids (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 61

Amines. Amidines (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on catecholamines in WK 725; on amino alcohols in QV 82-84.

QU 62

Amides (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 65

Heterocyclic compounds(General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 68

Peptides (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 70

Nitrogen fixation

Carbohydrates. Lipids

QU 75

Carbohydrates

QU 78

Glycosides

QU 81

Sugars

Cf. QY 470 Blood glucose

QU 83

Polysaccharides and derivatives

QU 84

Sugar acids. Sugar alcohols. Sugar phosphates (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 85

Lipids (General or not elsewhere classified)

Cf. QY 465 under Blood chemical analysis.

QU 85.6

Lipid metabolism (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 86

Fats. Oils

QU 87

Hypolipidemic agents

QU 90

Fatty acids

QU 91

Prostaglandins

QU 93

Phospholipids

QU 95

Steroids. Sterols. Terpenes

QU 98

Carboxylic acids and their salts and esters (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 99

Aldehydes (General or not elsewhere classified)

Biochemistry of the Human Body

QU 100

Body composition

QU 102

Biological factors

QU 105

Body fluids

Classify here works on acid-base equilibrium, hydrogen-ion concentration, and water-electrolyte balance in body fluids. Cf. QU 270 Water-electrolyte imbalance, etc.

QU 107

Growth substances. Growth inhibitors (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on growth hormone at WK 515.

QU 110

Biological pigments (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 120

Metabolism

Classify works on metabolism of a particular substance with the substance, e.g., Metabolism of proteins in QU 55.

QU 125

Energy metabolism. Calorimetry

QU 130

Inorganic chemicals (General or not elsewhere classified)

Cf. QY 480 under Blood chemical analysis.

QU 130.2

Metals (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 130.4

Minerals

QU 130.5

Trace elements

QU 131

Organometallic compounds. Organophosphorus compounds (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 133

Colloids (General or not elsewhere classified)

Enzymes

QU 135

Enzymes. Coenzymes (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on enzyme deficiency in QU 246 or with the diseases resulting. Classify works on general enzyme therapy in WB 330.

QU 136

Hydrolases (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 137

Isomerases (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 138

Ligases (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 139

Lyases (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 140

Oxidoreductases (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 141

Transferases (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 142

Enzyme precursors (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 143

Enzyme inhibitors (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 144

Enzyme reactivators (General or not elsewhere classified)

Nutrition

QU 145

Nutrition (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on infant nutrition in WS 115-125; on child nutrition in WS 115-130; on adolescent nutrition in WS 115-132; on geriatric nutrition in WT 115; on maternal and prenatal nutrition in WQ 175; on sports and exercise nutrition in QT 263.

QU 145.3

Nutritional requirements

QU 145.5

Nutrients. Nutritive values of food

QU 145.7

Nutrition policy (Table-G)

QU 145.72

General coverage (Not Table-G)

QU 146

Nutrition surveys (Table-G)

QU 146.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

Vitamins. Vitamin Deficiencies

QU 160

Vitamins. Avitaminosis (General or not elsewhere classified)

Cf. QY 350 Assay of vitamins; SF 98.V5 Vitamins in animal nutrition.

QU 165

Fat soluble vitamins

QU 167

Vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency

QU 173

Vitamin D. Vitamin D deficiency

QU 179

Vitamin E. Vitamin E deficiency

QU 181

Vitamin K. Vitamin K deficiency

QU 185

Water soluble vitamins

QU 187

Vitamin B complex. Vitamin B deficiency (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 188

Folic acid

QU 189

Thiamine

QU 191

Riboflavin

QU 193

Nicotinic acids. Nicotinamide

QU 194

Vitamin B12

[QU 195]

[This number not used]

Classify works on other factors associated with B vitamins in QU 187-194.

QU 210

Ascorbic acid

QU 220

Flavonoids

QU 240

Popular works

Classify here popular works on nutrition.

Nutrition Disorders

QU 242

Nutrition disorders (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on nutrition disorders in infancy and childhood in WS 115-132; in the aged in WT 115.

QU 244

Malnutrition (General) (Table-G)

QU 244.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

QU 246

Deficiency diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify works on hormone deficiencies in WK; on vitamin deficiencies in QU 160-240.

QU 248

Overnutrition. Overweight. Obesity (General) (Table-G)

QU 248.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

QU 250

Morbid obesity

QU 252

Obesity management. Bariatrics

Metabolic Diseases

QU 260

Metabolic diseases (General)

Classify works on diabetes and related conditions in WK 810-850; on achlorhydria in WI 308; on metabolic bone diseases in WE 250.

QU 260.5

Specific metabolic diseases, A-Z

QU 260.5.A5

Amyloidosis

QU 260.5.C2

Calcium metabolism disorders

QU 260.5.G6

Glucose metabolism disorders

Classify works on diabetes mellitus in WK 810-850.

QU 260.5.I7

Iron metabolism disorders

QU 260.5.L5

Lipid metabolism disorders

Classify inborn errors in QU 265.5.L5.

QU 260.5.M6

Mitochondrial diseases

QU 260.5.P4

Phosphorus metabolism disorders

QU 260.5.P6

Porphyrias

QU 265

Inborn errors of metabolism (General)

Classify works on the hemolytic anemias in WH 170; on chronic idiopathic jaundice in WI 703; on errors of renal tubular transport in WJ 301.

QU 265.5

Specific errors or groups of errors not elsewhere classified, A-Z

QU 265.5.A5

Amino acid metabolism inborn errors

Classify works on albinism in WR 265.

QU 265.5.C3

Carbohydrate metabolism inborn errors

QU 265.5.L5

Lipid metabolism inborn errors

QU 265.5.L9

Lysosomal storage diseases

QU 265.5.P4

Peroxisomal disorders

QU 265.5.P8

Purine-pyrimidine metabolism inborn errors

Classify works on gout in WE 350.

Water-Electrolyte Imbalance. Acid-Base Imbalance

QU 270

Water-electrolyte imbalance

Classify works on water-electrolyte balance and acid base equilibrium in QU 105. Classify works on dehydration in WB 158.

QU 274

Acid-base imbalance

Classify works on diabetic acidosis in WK 830; on renal tubular acidosis in WJ 301; on respiratory acidosis in WF 140.5.

Cells

QU 300

General works

Cf. QY 95 Cytological techniques. Classify works on cells of a particular tissue or organ with the tissue or organ.

QU 325

Stem cells

Include here general works on stem cell transplantation. Classify works on stem cells of a specific tissue or organ with the tissue or organ.

QU 328

Embryonic stem cells

QU 350

Cellular structures

QU 360

Mitochondria

QU 375

Cell physiology

Classify physiology of specific cell with the cell.

Genetics

QU 450

General works

Classify microbial genetics in QW 51. Classify viral genetics in QW 160.5. Classify plant genetics in QK. Cf. QZ 52 Genetic services.

QU 460

Genomics

Classify works on epigenomics in QU 476.

QU 465

Molecular medicine

QU 470

Genetic structures

QU 475

Gene expression. Gene expression regulation

QU 476

Genetic epigenesis. Epigenomics

QU 477

Genetic variation

QU 500

Genetic phenomena

Classify works on genetics in general in QU 450.

QU 510

DNA damage. DNA repair

QU 515

DNA replication

QU 520

Molecular evolution. Genetic selection

QU 550

Genetic techniques (General or not elsewhere classified)

QU 550.5

Specific techniques, A-Z

QU 550.5.C4

Chromosome mapping

QU 550.5.C5

Cloning

QU 550.5.D6

DNA fingerprinting

QU 550.5.G4

Gene expression profiling

QU 550.5.G47

Genetic engineering

QU 550.5.M8

Mutagenicity tests

QU 550.5.P6

Polymerase chain reaction

QU 550.5.S4

Sequence analysis

QU 560

Genetic therapy

QU 570

Genetic privacy