Carbohydrates and glycoconjugates the coming of age for oligosaccharide ligands and databases for saccharide structures Editorial overview

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 659-662

  Feizi, Ten ^a   Bündlet, David ^b  

^a NORTHWICK PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; LIGAND;

CHEMISTRY; EDITORIAL; FACTUAL DATABASE;

CARBOHYDRATES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; LIGANDS;

EID: 0030253096     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(96)80033-9     Document Type: Editorial

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