Muco-series
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Muco-series is a noun meaning A class of glycosphingolipids containing the sequence Galβ(1,3)Galβ(1,4)Galβ(1,4)Glcβ-Cer (galactose, galactose, galactose, glucose, ceramide).
Meaning
A class of glycosphingolipids containing the sequence Galβ(1,3)Galβ(1,4)Galβ(1,4)Glcβ-Cer (galactose, galactose, galactose, glucose, ceramide).
Example Sentences
A neutral glycosphingolipid (GSL) that is the common precursor of the ganglio-, globo-, globoiso-, lacto-, neolacto-, and muco-series of GSL.
Several hundred eukaryotic cell surface glycolipid structures are known, and they belong to different core saccharide series such as the lacto-, the ganglio-, the globo-, or the muco-series.
Except for members of the muco–series that have so far only been reported from the laboratory of Slomiany (for review, see (10)), gangliosides belonging to all other carbohydrate series present in vertebrates have been characterised.
Word Forms
- mucoseries
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include mollu-series, neogala-series, gala-series, schisto-series, spirometo-series, molluseries.
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