Meanings
nounphosphorothioation (usually uncountable, plural phosphorothioations)
plural phosphorothioations
- uncountableusuallyThe 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
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