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Any of a class of pentacyclic compounds, somewhat similar to steroids, that have various functions in prokaryotes

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hopane hopanoids prokaryote steroid pentacyclic
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oid boid ooid coid noid poid foid roid loid void doid zoid groid geoid booid avoid axoid aloid ploid pooid
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