Definition of Glycocalyx

1. Noun. A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Medical Definition of Glycocalyx

1. The region, seen by electron microscopy, external to the outer dense line of the plasmalemma that appears to be rich in glycosidic compounds such as proteoglycans and glycoproteins. Since these molecules are often Integral membrane proteins and may be denatured by the processes of fixation for electron microscopy, it might be better to avoid the term or to refer to membrane glycoproteins or to proteoglycans associated with the cell surface. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycocalyx

glycitol
glycitols
glyclopyramide
glyco-
glyco-amino-acid
glycoalkaloid
glycoalkaloids
glycoarray
glycoarrays
glycobiarsol
glycobiological
glycobiologist
glycobiologists
glycobiology
glycocalyces
glycocalyx (current term)
glycochemist
glycochemistry
glycochemists
glycochenodeoxycholic acid
glycocholate
glycocholate sodium
glycocholates
glycocholic
glycocholic acid
glycocin
glycocoll
glycocolls
glycoconjugate
glycoconjugates

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