Glypican
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Glypican is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of a family of heparan sulfate proteoglycans, anchored to the cell surface via a covalent linkage to glycosylphosphatidylinositol.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any of a family of heparan sulfate proteoglycans, anchored to the cell surface via a covalent linkage to glycosylphosphatidylinositol.
Word Forms
- glypicans
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include glycipan, proteoglycan, glypiation, polyglycan, glycophosphatidylinositol, glycosaminoglycan.
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