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Preferred term

Keratan Sulfate  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • A sulfated mucopolysaccharide initially isolated from bovine cornea. At least two types are known. Type I, found mostly in the cornea, contains D-galactose and D-glucosamine-6-O-sulfate as the repeating unit; type II, found in skeletal tissues, contains D-galactose and D-galactosamine-6-O-sulfate as the repeating unit.

Broader concept

Synonym(s)

  • 9056-36-4
  • Keratosulfate

In other languages

  • French

  • 9056-36-4
  • Kératane-sulfate
  • Keratosulfate
  • Kératosulfate
  • Sulfate de kératane

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-ZW26C8L7-8

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