Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun An aldose, C6H12O5, present in certain brown algae and in the polysaccharides associated with some blood groups.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A crystalline sugar, C6H12O5, obtained by heating sea weeds with dilute sulphuric acid.
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- noun biochemistry The
aldohexose (3S,4R,5R,6S)-6-methyloxane-2,3,4,5-tetrol present in severalglycans andmucopolysaccharides
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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It's short for fucose mutarotase., the gene isn't by definition the gay gene, but it is linked to reproductive behavior.
G. Roger Denson: Homosexuality as Population Control? Nature's Restraint on Procreative Extravagance G. Roger Denson 2010
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It's short for fucose mutarotase., the gene isn't by definition the gay gene, but it is linked to reproductive behavior.
G. Roger Denson: Homosexuality as Population Control? Nature's Restraint on Procreative Extravagance G. Roger Denson 2010
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It's short for fucose mutarotase., the gene isn't by definition the gay gene, but it is linked to reproductive behavior.
G. Roger Denson: Homosexuality as Population Control? Nature's Restraint on Procreative Extravagance G. Roger Denson 2010
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Forex - Deletion of fucose residues in plant N-glycans by repression of the GDP-mannose
ForexTV Forex News 2010
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One recent KU graduate, Patrick Selley, was involved in a group research project that studied the role of fucose, a type of sugar, in early cancer detection.
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The nitrated peptides were eluted with 50% acetonitrile/0. 2% trifluoroacetic acid, dried, resuspended in 1.5 µl of matrix suspension (4 mg α-cyano-4-hydroxycinnamic acid, 0.8 mg 3,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid in 50% acetonitrile/0. 1% trifluoroacetic acid, 0.1 mM fucose), and deposited on a stainless steel target.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alfredo Csibi et al. 2010
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Mice homozygous for the hypomorphic Notch1 [12f] allele, which removes the single O-fucose glycan in epidermal growth factor-like repeat 12 (EGF12) of the Notch1 ligand binding domain (lbd), exhibit reduced growth after weaning and defective T cell development.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Changhui Ge 2010
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Forex - Deletion of fucose residues in plant N-glycans by repression of the GDP-mannose
ForexTV Forex News 2010
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Mice homozygous for the hypomorphic Notch1 [12f] allele, which removes the single O-fucose glycan in epidermal growth factor-like repeat 12 (EGF12) of the Notch1 ligand binding domain (lbd), exhibit reduced growth after weaning and defective T cell development.
BioMed Central - Latest articles Changhui Ge 2010
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Mice homozygous for the hypomorphic Notch1 [12f] allele, which removes the single O-fucose glycan in epidermal growth factor-like repeat 12 (EGF12) of the Notch1 ligand binding domain (lbd), exhibit reduced growth after weaning and defective T cell development.
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