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Definition of Glycolipid

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Glycolipid

1. Oligosaccharides covalently attached to lipid as in the glycosphingolipids found in plasma membranes of all animal and some plant cells. The lipid part of glycolipids is sphingosine in which the amino group is acylated by a fatty chain, forming a ceramide. most of the oligosaccharide chains belong to one of four series, the ganglio, globo, lacto type 1 and lacto type 2 series. Blood group antigens are glycolipids. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycolipid

Literary usage of Glycolipid

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1. Sample Preparation Products Application Bibliography (1993)
"J. Immunol., 134(4):2617-2623 (1985), Identification of the Neutral Glycosphingolipids of Murine Mast Cells: Expression of Forssman glycolipid by the ..."

2. Solid Phase Extraction in Sample Preparation: An Applications Bibliography by DIANE Publishing Company (1994)
"... 134(4):2617-2623 (1985), Identification of the Neutral Glycosphingolipids of Murine Mast Cells: Expression of Forssman glycolipid by the Serosa! but not ..."

3. Inside the Cell by Maya Pines (1990)
"Gene—A unit of heredity; a segment of the DMA molecule containing the code for a specific protein product or function. glycolipid—A molecule composed of ..."

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