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arabinan

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  • noun biochemistry A polysaccharide that is mostly a polymer of arabinose

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  • Belanger AE, Besra GS, Ford ME, Mikusova K, Belisle JT, et al. (1996) The embAB genes of Mycobacterium avium encode an arabinosyl transferase involved in cell wall arabinan biosynthesis that is the target for the antimycobacterial drug ethambutol.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alistair K. Brown et al. 2009

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