| C polysaccharide | <microbiology> Polysaccharide released by pneumococci which contains galactosamine 6 phosphate and phosphoryl choline. C-reactive protein is so called because it will precipitate this polysaccharide through an interaction with the phosphoryl choline. (18 Nov 1997) |
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| C protein | <cell biology> Striated muscle thick filament associated proteins (140-150 kD) that show up in the C zone of the A band as 43nm transverse stripes. Structurally related to various other myosin binding proteins (twitchin, titin, myosin light chain kinase, skelemin, 86 kD protein, projectin, M protein). (18 Nov 1997) |