mucopolysaccharide in a sentence

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1. For example, the land slug " Leidyula floridana " has gland cells in the suprapedal gland which produce weakly acidic mucopolysaccharides, neutral mucopolysaccharides and a protein.
2. Seminal vesicle secretion may include steroids and steroid glucuronides, with hormonal and pheromonal functions, but it appears to be primarily constituted of mucoproteins, acid mucopolysaccharides, and phospholipids.
3. Food is enveloped by this part of the gut as it arrives from the foregut by the peritrophic membrane which is a mucopolysaccharide layer secreted from the midgut s epithelial cells.
4. The nature of this material is unknown, but researchers have suggested that it may be a glycoprotein, a glycolipid, an acid mucopolysaccharide, altered collagen or elastic tissue.
5. An opisthobranch sea slug " Navanax inermis " has chemoreceptors on the sides of its mouth to track mucopolysaccharides in the slime trails of prey, and of potential mates.
6. However, a heterokaryon of nuclei from both of these diseases exhibits normal mucopolysaccharide metabolism, proving that the two syndromes affect different proteins and so can correct each other in the heterokaryon.
7. "' Mucinoses "'are a group of cutaneous diseases caused by fibroblasts producing abnormally large amounts of acid mucopolysaccharides ( i . e . mucin ), usually hyaluronic acid.
8. Lysosomal storage disorders are caused by lysosomal dysfunction usually as a consequence of deficiency of a single enzyme required for the metabolism of lipids, glycoproteins ( sugar containing proteins ) or so-called mucopolysaccharides.
9. Multiple enzyme deficiencies associated with I-cell disease lead to the accumulation of certain fatty substances ( mucolipids ) and certain complex carbohydrates ( mucopolysaccharides ) within the cells of many tissues of the body.
10. The mucus overlying the epithelium contains mucopolysaccharides, salts, enzymes, and antibodies ( these are highly important, as the olfactory neurons provide a direct passage for infection to pass to the brain ).