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phosphorothioations

phosphorothioations is the plural of phosphorothioation.

Meaning of phosphorothioation

Noun

phosphorothioation (usually uncountable, plural phosphorothioations)

  1. (usually) The addition or transfer of a phosphorothioate group
    • In all of the above studies, the antiviral effect did not result from any direct immunostimulation and was strictly dependent on the presence of phosphorothioation, which imparts an increased amphipathic character to NAPs.2015 November 12, “Therapeutic Antiviral Effect of the Nucleic Acid Polymer REP 2055 against Persistent Duck Hepatitis B Virus Infection”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about phosphorothioations

What is phosphorothioations the plural of?
Phosphorothioations is the plural of phosphorothioation.

Words near phosphorothioations in the dictionary

  1. phosphoroscopes
  2. phosphorothioate
  3. phosphorothioated
  4. phosphorothioates
  5. phosphorothioation
  6. phosphorothioations
  7. phosphorothiolate
  8. phosphorothiolated
  9. phosphorothiolates
  10. phosphorotrithioate
  11. phosphorotrithioates

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