Meanings
nounhypoglycosylation (uncountable)
- uncountableReduced, or insufficient glycosylation
Since Fktn deletion is initiated at E8 in Myf5/Fktn KO mice, muscle progenitors in developing muscle are affected by hypoglycosylation of αDG, representing an alternative explanation for phenotypic differences between Myf5/Fktn and Tam/Fktn KO mice.
2016 January 12, “Abnormal Skeletal Muscle Regeneration plus Mild Alterations in Mature Fiber Type Specification in Fktn -Deficient Dystroglycanopathy Muscular Dystrophy Mice”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*upó
- Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
- Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
- Englishhypo-
- Proto-Hellenic*dlukús
- Ancient Greekγλῠκῠ́ς (glŭkŭ́s)
- Proto-Hellenic*dléukus?
- Ancient Greekγλεῦκος (gleûkos)
- Frenchglucose
- Englishglucosebf.
- Englishglycose
- Proto-Indo-European*swel-der.?
- Ancient Greekῡ̔́λη (hū́lē)
- Englishglycosyl
- Englishglycosylation
- Englishhypoglycosylation
From hypo- + glycosylation.
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APA
hypoglycosylation. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypoglycosylation
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“hypoglycosylation.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypoglycosylation. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hypoglycosylation,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hypoglycosylation.
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