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sialic acid en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) Any of a group of amino carbohydrates that are substituted forms of neuraminic acid and can be components of glycoproteins and mucoproteins.
    • Intralysosomal accumulation of free sialic acid both in vivo and in vitro in Salla disease is due to a defect of the transport mechanism of sialic acid in lysosomal membranes [Renlund et al, 1983b, 1986a, b; Mancini et al 1986]. 1987, American Journal of Medical Genetics, Volume 28, page 383:
    • 1987, The FASEB Journal, Volume 1, Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology, page 231, We have previously shown that the study of O-acetyl esters on the sialic acids is fraught with difficulties.
    • 1997, International Journal of Oncology, Volume 10, Issue 4, Lychnia, page 761, Figure 3. Relationship between the disease-free survival rate and sialic acid expression in 100 breast cancer patients following curative surgery.

Forms

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Deriveds

polysialic acid · sialate

Synonyms

acetylneuraminic acid

Translations (6)

de Sialsäure (any of a group of amino carbohydrates) · sv sialinsyra (any of a group of amino carbohydrates) · fr acide sialique (any of a group of amino carbohydrates) · it acido sialico (any of a group of amino carbohydrates) · de Sialinsäure (any of a group of amino carbohydrates) · es ácido siálico (any of a group of amino carbohydrates)