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<biochemistry> Amino sugar (2 amino 2 deoxyglucose), component of chitin, heparan sulphate, chondroitin sulphate and many complex polysaccharides. Usually found as _ D N acetyl glucosamine.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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