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phosphorylations

phosphorylations is the plural of phosphorylation.

Meaning of phosphorylation

Noun

phosphorylation (countable and uncountable, plural phosphorylations)

  1. the process of transferring a phosphate group from a donor to an acceptor; often catalysed by enzymes.
    • Src worked by unleashing an indiscriminate volley of phosphorylation—throwing “on” dozens of molecular switches.2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of All Maladies, Fourth Estate (2011), page 359

Phrases with phosphorylations

Questions about phosphorylations

What is phosphorylations the plural of?
Phosphorylations is the plural of phosphorylation.

Words near phosphorylations in the dictionary

  1. phosphorylated adenosines
  2. phosphorylates
  3. phosphorylating
  4. phosphorylation
  5. phosphorylational
  6. phosphorylations
  7. phosphorylative
  8. phosphorylceramide
  9. phosphorylceramides
  10. phosphorylcholine
  11. phosphorylcholines

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