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Glycoprotein vs Polymer - What's the difference?

glycoprotein | polymer |

As nouns the difference between glycoprotein and polymer

is that glycoprotein is (protein) a protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates while polymer is polymer.

glycoprotein

English

Noun

(wikipedia glycoprotein) (en noun)
  • (protein) A protein with covalently bonded carbohydrates.

    • Hyponyms

    * See also

    See also

    *glycopeptide *sericin

    polymer

    English

    (wikipedia polymer)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (organic chemistry) A long or larger molecule consisting of a chain or network of many repeating units, formed by chemically bonding together many identical or similar small molecules called monomers. A polymer is formed by polymerization, the joining of many monomer molecules.
  • A material consisting of such polymer molecules.
  • * {{quote-magazine, year=2013, month=May-June, author= Charles T. Ambrose
    • , title= Alzheimer’s Disease , volume=101, issue=3, page=200, magazine=(American Scientist) , passage=Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.}}

    Derived terms

    * biopolymer * inorganic polymer * oligopolymer * polymeric * polymerize

    See also

    * dimer * monomer * oligomer * trimer * superpolymer ----