Terms without
*
require an exact match:
albumin
will not retrieve
lactalbumin
or
albumins
Use
*
to find words containing a fragment.
For example, on June 1, 1998:
albumin
finds 12 files, whereas
albumin*
finds 56 files, including lactalbumin, ovalbumin, parvalbumin, prealbumin.
Many alternative spellings give the same results, for example protease finds proteinase, and haemoglobin finds hemoglobin.
You may use
or,
not
(CAse doesn't matter).
For example,
globin or globins
finds more than either term alone
(but
globin*
finds many more).
human or egg albumin
finds both human and egg albumins.
milk not lactalbumin
finds fewer files than does
milk
alone.
myoglobin* not myoglobin
finds apomyoglobin, metmyoglobin, and sulfmyoglobin.