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glycofraction

glycofraction noun: a fraction that contains carbohydrates.

Noun

glycofraction (plural glycofractions)

  1. A fraction that contains carbohydrates
    • CEA contains 28 potential N-liked glycosylation sites, and the glycofraction includes mannose, galactose, N-acetylglucosamine, fucose and sialic acid [ 8 ].2015 June 27, Chuncui Huang et al., “Glycomic profiling of carcinoembryonic antigen isolated from human tumor tissue”, in Clinical Proteomics, volume 12, →DOI

Forms of glycofraction

pluralglycofractions

Origin of glycofraction

From glyco- + fraction.

Questions about glycofraction

What does glycofraction mean?
Glycofraction means a fraction that contains carbohydrates.
What part of speech is glycofraction?
Glycofraction is a noun.
What is the plural of glycofraction?
The plural of glycofraction is glycofractions.

Words near glycofraction in the dictionary

  1. glycoenzymes
  2. glycoepitope
  3. glycoepitopes
  4. glycoform
  5. glycoforms
  6. glycofraction
  7. glycofractions
  8. glycogen
  9. glycogenase
  10. glycogenases
  11. glycogenated

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