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glycan +‎ -ation

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glycanation (uncountable)

  1. (biochemistry) The formation of glycans
    • 2009 February 11, Daniela Virgintino et al., “Differential distribution of aggrecan isoforms in perineuronal nets of the human cerebral cortex”, in Journal of Cellular and Molecular Medicine[1], volume 13, →DOI:
      This observation highlighted a potential crucial discrepancy in the glycanation pattern of human aggrecan isoforms deposited in the PNNs versus ECM of the CNS, as well as in aggrecan molecules assembled in cartilage matrices.