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- noun organic chemistry The
choline ester ofphosphoric acid - noun by extension The
fatty acid esters of this compound;lecithin
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Examples
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The cell walls of pneumococci contain special polymers, called teichoic acids, that are equipped with phosphocholine groups and induce a characteristic choline architecture on the cell walls.
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CRP binds with high affinity to phosphocholine residues and with a variety of autologous and extrinsic ligands which are more extensively exposed in or on damaged cells and tissues (reviewed in
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Alvaro Cervera et al. 2010
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