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carboxylation

American  
[kahr-bok-suh-ley-shuhn] / kɑrˌbɒk səˈleɪ ʃən /

noun

  1. the process of carboxylating.


Etymology

Origin of carboxylation

carboxyl + -ation

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The inhibitor used by the scientists to block reductive carboxylation is a drug already approved for the treatment of certain cancers.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

To investigate the role of reductive carboxylation, the scientists inhibited this mechanism in CAR-T cells in mouse models of leukemia and multiple myeloma, two blood cancers.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

In the absence of oxygen, cancer cells resort to a very specific survival mechanism: they metabolise the amino acid glutamine as an alternative source of energy through a chemical reaction known as ''reductive carboxylation''.

From Science Daily Sep. 20, 2023

As atmospheric CO2 concentration increases, carboxylation is stimulated.

From Nature Apr. 7, 2020

Across those scales, the carboxylation stimulation is amplified by some processes, but diminished by others.

From Nature Apr. 7, 2020

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