- O-linked oligosaccharide
- an oligosaccharide that in glycoproteins is attached to the oxygen of the hydroxyl group of serine or threonine and in collagen is attached via galactose to the hydroxyl group of hydroxylysine.
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O-linked oligosaccharide
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