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After years of effort, they were able to achieve that attachment via a chemical process known as Fischer esterification.

From Science Daily • May 14, 2024

"How cholesterol that enters the cell through NPC1L1 reaches the endoplasmic reticulum for esterification and regulation of cholesterol synthesis has been a longstanding mystery," Tontonoz said.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

This is where an enzyme called ACAT2 prepares the cholesterol for packaging and transport, in a process called esterification.

From Science Daily • Nov. 9, 2023

If the authorities did ban home esterification, though, enthusiasts who wished to declare independence from the oil companies could go down another route.

From Economist • Dec. 1, 2011

They afford further evidence of the generally low limit of esterification of the cellulose molecule.

From Researches on Cellulose 1895-1900 by Cross, C. F.