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Glycosaminoglycan
A subunit of a proteoglycan; an oligosaccharide that contains repeating disaccharide residues. One half of each disaccharide is an amino-sugar residue. Glycosaminoglycans include the sulphated chondroitins, dermatans and keratans, and the unsulphated hyaluronans.
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