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GALACTOSE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A simple sugar found in lactose

Synonyms:

brain sugar; galactose

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("galactose" is a kind of...):

saccharose; sucrose (a complex carbohydrate found in many plants and used as a sweetening agent)

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This species is motile by a single polar flagellum, oxidase positive, halophilic and produce acid from D glucose, L arabinose, D galactose and D mannose.

(Grimontia hollisae, NCI Thesaurus)

A sialoglycosphingolipid that is a branched nonasaccharide containing five sialyl residues, two galactose residues, one N-acetylgalactosamine residue and a glucose residue.

(Ganglioside GQ, NCI Thesaurus)

This allele, which encodes beta-galactosidase protein, is involved in the hydrolysis of the terminal beta-galactose from ganglioside substrates.

(GLB1 wt Allele, NCI Thesaurus)

The accumulation of galactose leads to mental retardation, liver damage and cataracts unless dietary intake of galactose is controlled.

(Feeder Pathways for Glycolysis, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A radioconjugate containing the D-galactose analogue 2-deoxy-2-fluoro-D-galactose (FDGal) labeled with the positron-emitting radioactive isotope fluorine F18, used for imaging upon positron emitting tomography (PET).

(Fluorodeoxygalactose F-18, NCI Thesaurus)

This protein plays a role in the hydrolysis of the terminal beta-galactose from ganglioside substrates.

(Beta-Galactosidase, NCI Thesaurus)

This species is sporeforming, motile by flagella, indole negative, nonhemolytic, does not hydrolyze esculin and produces acid from glucose, mannose, fructose and galactose.

(Clostridium symbiosum, NCI Thesaurus)

This bacteria is nonmotile, oxidase negative, catalase positive, gelatinase negative and can carry out glucose, galactose, mannose and xylose oxidation.

(Acinetobacter haemolyticus, NCI Thesaurus)

Six of the 70 study participants evaluated for unexplained frequent anaphylaxis tested positive for an allergy to galactose-α-1,3-galactose, or alpha-gal, a sugar molecule found in beef, pork, lamb and other red meats.

(NIAID scientists link cases of unexplained anaphylaxis to red meat allergy, National Institutes of Health)

This species is nonmotile, non-spore forming, not beta-hemolytic, oxidase, urease, ornithine decarboxylase, and indole negative, phosphatase positive, reduces nitrate, does not hydrolyze esculin or acidify galactose, and slowly and weakly ferments carbohydrates.

(Pasteurella bettyae, NCI Thesaurus)