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neuraminidase

neuraminidase

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Noun

neuraminidase (countable and uncountable, plural neuraminidases)

  1. (biochemistry) An antigenic enzyme, found on the surfaces of viruses, that catalyzes the hydrolysis of terminal acylneuraminic residues from oligosaccharides, glycoproteins, and glycolipids.

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