Medical Definition of Glycerination
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| 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)
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