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gangliotetraose

gangliotetraose noun: the tetraose sugar component of a ganglioside.

Noun

gangliotetraose (plural gangliotetraoses)

  1. The tetraose sugar component of a ganglioside.
    • Taking advantage of the known biochemistry of ganglioside biosynthesis and degradation, we explored the potential for enhancing GM1 levels in the brain by intracranial administration of VCS sialidase, which cleaves the glycosidic linkages between terminal sialic acids of complex gangliotetraose...2015 December 3, “Intraventricular Sialidase Administration Enhances GM1 Ganglioside Expression and Is Partially Neuroprotective in a Mouse Model of Parkinson’s Disease”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of gangliotetraose

pluralgangliotetraoses

Origin of gangliotetraose

From ganglio- + tetraose.

Questions about gangliotetraose

What does gangliotetraose mean?
Gangliotetraose means the tetraose sugar component of a ganglioside.
What part of speech is gangliotetraose?
Gangliotetraose is a noun.
What is the plural of gangliotetraose?
The plural of gangliotetraose is gangliotetraoses.

Words near gangliotetraose in the dictionary

  1. ganglioside
  2. gangliosides
  3. gangliosidic
  4. gangliosidoses
  5. gangliosidosis
  6. gangliotetraose
  7. gangliotetraoses
  8. Gangloff
  9. Gangloffs
  10. ganglord
  11. ganglords

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