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fucose

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fucose /fu·cose/ (fu´kos) a monosaccharide occurring as l-fucose in a number of oligo- and polysaccharides and fucosides and in the carbohydrate portion of some mucopolysaccharides and glycoproteins, including the A, B, and O blood group antigens.
fu·cose (fyks)
n.
An aldose present in the polysaccharides associated with some blood groups.
fucose
a monosaccharide occurring as l-fucose in a number of mucopolysaccharides and mucoproteins.
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