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carboxylation

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[kahr-bok-suh-lay-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

Reductive carboxylation acts directly on the generation of metabolites, small chemical elements that modify histones, to influence DNA packaging and to prevent accessibility to longevity genes.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023

Aside from their practical applications, these findings indicate that reductive carboxylation is not required for the proliferation of CD8+ T cells, as it appears to be for rapidly growing cancer cells.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2023

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

From Nature ● Apr. 7, 2020

As atmospheric CO2 concentration increases, carboxylation is stimulated.

From Nature ● Apr. 7, 2020

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