PEPTIDOGLYCAN


Meaning of PEPTIDOGLYCAN in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˌpep-tə-dō-ˈglī-ˌkan ]

noun

Date: 1966

: a polymer that is composed of polysaccharide and peptide chains and is found especially in bacterial cell walls — called also mucopeptide, murein

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