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Lipids > Glycolipids > Glycosphingolipids > Acidic Glycosphingolipids > Gangliosides
... > Carbohydrates > Glycoconjugates > Glycolipids > Glycosphingolipids > Acidic Glycosphingolipids > Gangliosides
... > Lipids > Membrane Lipids > Sphingolipids > Glycosphingolipids > Acidic Glycosphingolipids > Gangliosides

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Gangliosides  

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  • Ganglioside
  • Sialoglycosphingolipids

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  • A subclass of ACIDIC GLYCOSPHINGOLIPIDS. They contain one or more sialic acid (N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID) residues. Using the Svennerholm system of abbrevations, gangliosides are designated G for ganglioside, plus subscript M, D, or T for mono-, di-, or trisialo, respectively, the subscript letter being followed by a subscript arabic numeral to indicated sequence of migration in thin-layer chromatograms. (From Oxford Dictionary of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 1997)

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