polysialylation

polysialylation

English

Etymology

poly- +‎ sialylation

Noun

polysialylation (usually uncountable, plural polysialylations)

1. Conversion to, or reaction with, polysialic acid.
   • 2015 August 20, “The Prion Protein Controls Polysialylation of Neural Cell Adhesion Molecule 1 during Cellular Morphogenesis”, in PLOS ONE‎, DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0133741:

     To investigate if PrP directs polySTs to NCAM1 to facilitate its polysialylation, we made use of the N2a cell model, which was known to lack both polySTs.