| OBO ID: GO:0006012 |
| Term Name: | galactose metabolic process | Search Ontology: | |
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| Definition: | The chemical reactions and pathways involving galactose, the aldohexose galacto-hexose. D-galactose is widely distributed in combined form in plants, animals and microorganisms as a constituent of oligo- and polysaccharides; it also occurs in galactolipids and as its glucoside in lactose and melibiose. 0198506732 | ||
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| Ontology: | GO: Biological Process QuickGO AmiGO |
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