Terminology Service for NFDI4Health
polymerization
Go to external page
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/OBI_0302890
polymerization is process by which molecular entity of small mass are aggregated in motifs over the course of a chemical reaction catalyzed by enzymes or other molecular entities acting as catalyst. polymerization results in molecular entity of high molecular weight
Term info
Label
polymerization
definition source
OBI-Branch
editor note
PRS:22102008: need to import catalyst from CHEBI 35223
editor preferred term
polymerization
example of usage
PMID: 18517209. The electronic role of DNA-functionalized carbon nanotubes: efficacy for in situ polymerization of conducting polymer nanocomposites. J Am Chem Soc. 2008 Jun 25;130(25):7921-8. Epub 2008 Jun 3.
has curation status
http://purl.obolibrary.org/obo/IAO_0000120
term editor
Philippe Rocca-Serra
Term relations
Subclass of:
- material processing
- achieves_planned_objective some material transformation objective
- has_specified_output some macromolecule
- has_specified_input some molecular entity
Related from: