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glycophorins (medicine)


glycophorins
<protein> A class of abundant transmembrane glycoproteins of the human erythrocyte.

The major component is a 131 residue peptide chain that is highly O glycosylated and is rich in terminal sialic acid. The peptide chain carries the MN blood group antigens at its N terminus.