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  • noun organic chemistry Any reaction that introduces a sialyl group into a molecule

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  • The authors of the second paper admit that “other variables … influence the binding avidity (preference), such as type of SA (sialic acid of the receptor site) and glycosylation and sialylation of the hemagglutinin close to the receptor binding site. ” These factors all vary obviously and there are other variables in the equation as well including the status of specific areas of the immune system.

    Think Progress » An Inconvenient Truth and An Intolerable Summer 2006

  • The project will initially involve evaluating putative and known cell surface sialylation inhibitors using a flow cytometry based assay.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • The project is focused on evaluating the effect of promising inhibitors on cancer cell surface sialic acid expression using a cell-based assay, and subsequently the anti-metastatic potential of cancer cell sialylation inhibitors in mice.

    Naturejobs - All Jobs 2010

  • A low level of sialylation and distinctive concanavalin A - and

    Naturejobs - All Jobs Maja M. Kosanović 2010

  • Increased ST6Gal I activity has been associated with the alpha (2,6) sialylation enhancement of membrane glycoconjugates observed in metastatic colorectal carcinomas (CRC).

    BioMed Central - Latest articles Clotilde Costa-Nogueira 2009

  • Lactitol partially prevents parasite sialylation and invasion into host cells

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles 2008

  • Trypanosoma cruzi triggers apoptosis by target cell sialylation.

    PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Laura Ratier et al. 2008

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