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Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycopeptides > Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine
Amino Acids, Peptides, and Proteins > Peptides > Glycopeptides > Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine
Carbohydrates > Amino Sugars > Muramic Acids > Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine
Carbohydrates > Sugar Acids > Muramic Acids > Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Hydroxy Acids > Sugar Acids > Muramic Acids > Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine
... > Organic Chemicals > Carboxylic Acids > Acids, Acyclic > Sugar Acids > Muramic Acids > Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine

Preferred term

Acetylmuramyl-Alanyl-Isoglutamine  

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Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Acetylmuramyl Alanyl Isoglutamine
  • Alanyl Isoglutamine, Acetylmuramyl
  • Dipeptide, Muramyl
  • Isoglutamine, Acetylmuramyl Alanyl
  • Muramyl Dipeptide

Scope note

  • Peptidoglycan immunoadjuvant originally isolated from bacterial cell wall fragments; also acts as pyrogen and may cause arthritis; stimulates both humoral and cellular immunity.

History note

  • 83(79); was see under GLYCOPEPTIDES 1979-82

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000119

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