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- noun organic chemistry Any
reaction that introduces asialyl 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
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The project will initially involve evaluating putative and known cell surface sialylation inhibitors using a flow cytometry based assay.
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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.
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A low level of sialylation and distinctive concanavalin A - and
Naturejobs - All Jobs Maja M. Kosanović 2010
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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
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Lactitol partially prevents parasite sialylation and invasion into host cells
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Trypanosoma cruzi triggers apoptosis by target cell sialylation.
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Laura Ratier et al. 2008
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