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* Searching for '''enzyme''' (singular, not capitalized) finds [[Glycolysis Enzymes]] (plural, capitalized), a page where the singular does not occur. It also finds pages where only the plural (never the singular) term occurs in the text (and neither term in the title), e.g. [[Ouabain]]. | * Searching for '''enzyme''' (singular, not capitalized) finds [[Glycolysis Enzymes]] (plural, capitalized), a page where the singular does not occur. It also finds pages where only the plural (never the singular) term occurs in the text (and neither term in the title), e.g. [[Ouabain]]. | ||
* Searching for '''enzymes''' (plural, not capitalized) finds [[Insulin-Degrading Enzyme]] (singular, capitalized), an article in which the singular term does not occur. It also finds pages where only the singular (never the plural) term occurs in the text, but does not highlight the singular term in red under the page title, e.g. [[Butyrylcholinesterase]]. | * Searching for '''enzymes''' (plural, not capitalized) finds [[Insulin-Degrading Enzyme]] (singular, capitalized), an article in which the singular term does not occur. It also finds pages where only the singular (never the plural) term occurs in the text, but does not highlight the singular term in red under the page title, e.g. [[Butyrylcholinesterase]]. | ||
* Searching for '''Enzyme''' (capitalized) matches the article title [[SUMO conjugating enzyme Ubc9]] (not capitalized), and the text in the page [[Tripeptidyl peptidase]], which contains only the uncapitalized term. | |||
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