Encyclopedic Reference of Genomics and Proteomics in Molecular Medicine

2006 Edition
| Editors: Detlev Ganten, Klaus Ruckpaul, Walter Birchmeier, Jörg T. Epplen, Klaus Genser, Manfred Gossen, Birgit Kersten, Hans Lehrach, Hartmut Oschkinat, Patrizia Ruiz, Peter Schmieder, Erich Wanker, Christiane Nolte

Transesterification

Reference work entry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-29623-9_8990

Definition

Transesterification is an organic reaction by which an ester is transformed into another by the hydroxyl group.

 Splicing

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