"Sialic Acids" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A group of naturally occurring N-and O-acyl derivatives of the deoxyamino sugar neuraminic acid. They are ubiquitously distributed in many tissues.
| Descriptor ID |
D012794
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D02.241.081.844.562.668 D02.241.511.902.562.668 D09.067.687.668 D09.811.589.668
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| Concept/Terms |
Sialic Acids- Sialic Acids
- Acids, Sialic
- N-Acetylneuraminic Acids
- Acids, N-Acetylneuraminic
- N Acetylneuraminic Acids
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Anionic carbohydrate groups of human thyroglobulin containing both phosphate and sulfate. Endocrinology. 1991 Aug; 129(2):915-20.