peptidoglycan

noun

Meaning

A polymer of glycan and peptides found in bacterial cell walls

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Related words

sacculus(English)peptoglycan(English)peptidoglican(English)petidoglycan(English)peptiglycan(English)lipopeptidophosphoglycan(English)lipidoglycan(English)polyglycan(English)

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