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glycanation

glycanation noun: the formation of glycans.

Noun

glycanation (uncountable)

  1. The formation of glycans
    • This observation highlighted a potential crucial discrepancy in the glycanation pattern of human aggrecan isoforms deposited in the PNNs versus ECM of the CNS, as well as in aggrecan molecules assembled in cartilage matrices.2009 February 11, Daniela Virgintino et al., “Differential distribution of aggrecan isoforms in perineuronal nets of the human cerebral cortex”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, volume...

Origin of glycanation

From glycan + -ation.

Questions about glycanation

What does glycanation mean?
Glycanation means the formation of glycans.
What part of speech is glycanation?
Glycanation is a noun.

Words near glycanation in the dictionary

  1. glycals
  2. glycan
  3. glycanase
  4. glycanases
  5. glycanated
  6. glycanation
  7. glycanhydrolase
  8. glycanhydrolases
  9. glycanic
  10. glycanohydrolase
  11. glycanohydrolases

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