Polysialylation of NCAM by a single enzyme

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1188-1191

  Mühlenhoff, Martina ^a   Eckhardt, Matthias ^a   Bethe, Andrea ^a   Frosch, Matthias ^a   Gerardy Schahn, Rita ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0030250407     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70687-8     Document Type: Article

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