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glycocalyxes

glycocalyxes is the plural of glycocalyx.

Meaning of glycocalyx

Noun

glycocalyx (plural glycocalyces or glycocalyxes)

  1. A filamentous coating of glycoprotein and polysaccharide on the surface of bacteria and some other cells.
    • Blood platelets and megakaryocytes from which they arise, both have ruthenium red positive glycocalyces in the form of globular particles; ruthenium red is known to react strongly with chondroitin sulphate.1976, L. T. Threadgold, The Ultrastructure of the Animal Cell, 2nd edition, Pergamon Press, page 146

Questions about glycocalyxes

What is glycocalyxes the plural of?
Glycocalyxes is the plural of glycocalyx.

Words near glycocalyxes in the dictionary

  1. glycocalicin
  2. glycocalix
  3. glycocalyceal
  4. glycocalyces
  5. glycocalyx
  6. glycocalyxes
  7. glycocapture
  8. glycochain
  9. glycochains
  10. glycochemist
  11. glycochemistry

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