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<cell biology> A cross linked polymer of N acetyl D glucosamine that is the major structural component of arthropod exoskeletons and fungal cell walls. Widely distributed in plants and fungi.
This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology
(11 Mar 2008)
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