Medical Definition of Glycerination

1. Permeabilisation of the plasma membrane of cells by incubating in aqueous glycerol at low temperature. The technique was first applied to muscle which, once glycerinated, can be made to contract by adding exogenous ATP and calcium. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Glycerination

glyceric acid
glyceric aldehyde
glyceridases
glyceride
glycerides
glyceridic
glycerin
glycerin jelly
glycerin suppository
glycerinate
glycerinated
glycerinated gelatin
glycerinated tincture
glycerinates
glycerinating
glycerination (current term)
glycerine
glycerines
glycerins
glycerite
glycerites
glycero-
glycerogel
glycerogelatin
glyceroketone
glycerokinase
glycerol
glycerol-1-phosphate dehydrogenase
glycerol-3-phosphate - glucose phosphotransferase
glycerol-3-phosphate acyltransferase

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