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polysialylation

polysialylation noun: conversion to, or reaction with, polysialic acid.

Noun

polysialylation (usually uncountable, plural polysialylations)

  1. (usually) Conversion to, or reaction with, polysialic acid.
    • To investigate if PrP directs polySTs to NCAM1 to facilitate its polysialylation, we made use of the N2a cell model, which was known to lack both polySTs.2015 August 20, “The Prion Protein Controls Polysialylation of Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 during Cellular Morphogenesis”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of polysialylation

pluralpolysialylations

Origin of polysialylation

From poly- + sialylation.

Questions about polysialylation

What does polysialylation mean?
Polysialylation means conversion to, or reaction with, polysialic acid.
What part of speech is polysialylation?
Polysialylation is a noun.
What is the plural of polysialylation?
The plural of polysialylation is polysialylations.

Words near polysialylation in the dictionary

  1. polysialic
  2. polysialic acid
  3. polysialoganglioside
  4. polysialogangliosides
  5. polysialylated
  6. polysialylation
  7. polysialylations
  8. polysialyltransferase
  9. polysialyltransferases
  10. polysided
  11. polysilane

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