- sialic acid
- noun Etymology: Greek sialon saliva Date: 1952 any of a group of reducing amido acids that are essentially carbohydrates and are found especially as components of blood glycoproteins and mucoproteins
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Sialic acid — Chembox new ImageFile = Sialic acid.png ImageSize = 185px IUPACName = OtherNames = Section1 = Chembox Identifiers CASNo = 131 48 6 PubChem = 445063 SMILES = MeSHName = Sialic+Acid Section2 = Chembox Properties Formula = C11H19NO9 MolarMass =… … Wikipedia
sialic acid — si·al·ic acid (.)sī .al ik n any of a group of reducing amido acids that are essentially carbohydrates and are found esp. as components of blood glycoproteins and mucoproteins * * * an amino sugar. Sialic acid is a component of some glycoprotein … Medical dictionary
sialic acid — an amino sugar. Sialic acid is a component of some glycoproteins, gangliosides, and bacterial cell walls … The new mediacal dictionary
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Sialic acid-binding Ig-like lectin 12 — Sialic acid binding Ig like lectin 12, also known as SIGLEC12, is a human gene. PBB Summary section title = summary text = Sialic acid binding immunoglobulin like lectins (SIGLECs) are a family of cell surface proteins belonging to the… … Wikipedia
sialic acid — noun Any of a group of amino carbohydrates that are substituted forms of neuraminic acid; they are components of glycoproteins and mucoproteins Syn: acetylneuraminic acid … Wiktionary
sialic acid — See neuraminic acid … Dictionary of molecular biology
sialic acid — noun : any of a group of crystalline reducing amido acids of carbohydrate character that are acyl (as acetyl or glycolyl) derivatives of neuraminic acid and that are found especially as components of various gangliosides, blood glycoproteins and… … Useful english dictionary
sialic acid — [sʌɪ alɪk] noun Biochemistry a substance present in saliva, consisting of a sugar with amino and ester groups. Origin 1950s: from Gk sialon saliva + ic … English new terms dictionary
sialic acid — Any of a group of simple sugar molecules … English dictionary of cancer terms
