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  • adjective Of or pertaining to polysialic acid or its derivatives

Etymologies

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poly- +‎ sialic

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  • Garcia-Segura, LM, et al. Estradiol promotion of changes in the morphology of astroglia growing in culture depends depends on the expression of polysialic acid of neural membranes.

    T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010

  • Sison, F, et al. A potential influence of ovarian cycle day on the presence of polysialic acid neutral cell adhesion molecule (PSA-NCAM) in the rat hypothalamus.

    T.S. Wiley: Estrogen Dilemma: There Is No Dilemma When You Know the Details T.S. Wiley 2010

  • So similar strategies have been developed, such as through modification of factor VIII with polysialic acid, which produces a "watery cloud" around the therapeutic molecule to shield it from immune mediating cells.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • So similar strategies have been developed, such as through modification of factor VIII with polysialic acid, which produces a "watery cloud" around the therapeutic molecule to shield it from immune mediating cells.

    MedPageToday.com - medical news plus CME for physicians 2010

  • Abbreviations: PSA, polysialic acid • TFMU, n-TFMU, a sialic acid polymer of length n with - linked TFMU aglycone • HPLC, high pressure liquid chromatography • CAPS, 3 - (cyclohexylamino) - 1-propanesulfonic acid.

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Morley, T. J., Willis, L. M., Whitfield, C., Wakar 2009

  • This enzyme is specific for polysialic acid and is a member of a family of endo-sialidases.

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Morley, T. J., Willis, L. M., Whitfield, C., Wakar 2009

  • The authoritative book discusses polysaccharides utilized in medical applications such as polysaccharide-based hydrogels, polysialic acids, proteoglycans, glycolipids, and anticoagulant polysaccharides; renewable resources for the production of various industrial chemicals and engineering plastics polysaccharides; and more.

    AvaxHome RSS: 2009

  • Immunohistochemistry showed that the amount of HNK-1 carbohydrate was markedly decreased in the brain of β4GalT-II - / - mice, whereas the expression of polysialic acid was not affected.

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue T. Yoshihara 2009

  • Escherichia coli K1 express a tailspike protein that degrades the polysialic acid coat of

    Journal of Biological Chemistry current issue Morley, T. J., Willis, L. M., Whitfield, C., Wakar 2009

  • (sigmaE; putative) and polysialic acid transport protein (KpsD), as compared to those of strain 17 in liquid culture media.

    BioMed Central - Latest articles 2009

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