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What does glycogen mean?

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Noun
  1. (biochemistry) A polysaccharide that is the main form of carbohydrate storage in animals; converted to glucose as needed.
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The attached glucose is believed to serve as the primer required by glycogen synthase.
Many tumor cells contained scattered cytoplasmic particles consistent with glycogen, mitochondria, and rough endoplasmic reticulum.
The three types of complex carbohydrates of nutritional importance are fiber, starch, and glycogen.
As soon as hounds do get close to a glycogen depleted deer, it is very unlikely to escape and its despatch is generally prompt.
It is a glycogenic amino acid, which means that it can be converted to D-glucose and glycogen if needed by the body.
Little is known about the relative importance of glycogen versus exogenous glucose for contractility of cardiac tissue in trout.

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