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Ganglioside GQ
A sialoglycosphingolipid that is a branched nonasaccharide containing five sialyl residues, two galactose residues, one N-acetylgalactosamine residue and a glucose residue. This ceramide is found associated with the surface of the plasma membrane in developing thymic epithelial cells, oligodendrocyte progenitors, neuroendocrine cells, neurons and neuroblastoma cells. (NCI Thesaurus)
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