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sialic acid
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sialic acid /si·al·ic ac·id/ (si-al´ik) any of a group of acetylated derivatives of neuraminic acid; they occur in many polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids in animals and bacteria.
sialic acid
n.
Any of a group of amino carbohydrates that are components of mucoproteins and glycoproteins, especially in animal tissue and blood cells.

sialic acid
[si-al′ik]
any N-acyl derivative of neuraminic acid. Various ones are found in polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids.

sialic acid [si-al´ik]
any N-acyl derivative of neuraminic acid; various ones are found in polysaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids.

sialic acid
acetylated derivative of neuraminic acid.


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[FIGURE OMITTED] Recent work has also identified that contemporary North American lineage subtype H7 viruses, isolated in 2002-03, are partially adapted to recognize [alpha]2-6 linked sialic acids, which are the receptors preferred by human influenza viruses and found in the human upper respiratory tract (34).
Rotaviruses are thought to infect the bodies by sticking to certain types of sugars called sialic acids on the surface of our stomach cells.
347 QP702 The 24 contributions in this laboratory handbook present methods for overcoming the problems inherent in assays of water-insoluble biomolecules, assaying specific mammalian glycosyltransferases involved in the biosynthesis of N- and O-glycans of glycoproteins, and studying sialic acids, protein-bound carbohydrates of glycoproteins, extracellular glycoconjugates, and glycolipids.
 
 
 
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