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lipopolysaccharide Definition

lipo·poly·sac·cha·ride (lip′ō pä′lē sakə rīd′, lī′pō-)

noun

Biochem. a large molecule that contains a polysaccharide and a lipid, found especially in cell membranes

lipopolysaccharide Usage Examples

Adjective modifier

  • bacterial: Regulators of G-protein signaling ( RGS ) 1 and 16 are induced in response to bacterial lipopolysaccharide and stimulate c-fos promoter expression.

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