monosialoganglioside

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Etymology edit

mono- +‎ sialo- +‎ ganglioside

Noun edit

monosialoganglioside (plural monosialogangliosides)

  1. A ganglioside containing a single sialic acid residue
    • 2015 October 17, “Elisidepsin Interacts Directly with Glycosylceramides in the Plasma Membrane of Tumor Cells to Induce Necrotic Cell Death”, in PLOS ONE[1], →DOI:
      From these, more complex glycosylsphingolipids, such as lactosylceramide, globotriaosylceramide, monosialoganglioside and others can be synthesized by incorporation of additional sugar residues by different glycosyltransferases [30 ].