any monosaccharide that has seven carbon atoms per molecule
heptose in American English
(ˈhɛpˌtoʊs)
noun
any of several isomeric monosaccharides, C7H14O7
Word origin
hepta- + -ose2
Examples of 'heptose' in a sentence
heptose
Genes encoding manno-heptose synthetases or glycosyltransferases were inactivated to generate isogenic mutants.
Taketoshi Iwata, Kazuhiro Chiku, Ken-ichi Amano, Masahiro Kusumoto, Mayumi Ohnishi-Kameyama,Hiroshi Ono, Masato Akiba 2013, 'Effects of Lipooligosaccharide Inner Core Truncation on Bile Resistance and ChickColonization by Campylobacter jejuni', PLoS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0056900. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)