polysialylation

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noun

Conversion to, or reaction with, polysialic acid.

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Meanings

nounpolysialylation (usually uncountable, plural polysialylations)

plural polysialylations

  1. uncountableusuallyConversion 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

Origin

From poly- + sialylation.

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