Polysialic acid and the regulation of cell interactions

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 679-684

  Rutishauser, Urs ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALIC ACID;

CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; ENZYME MECHANISM; HUMAN; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE FIBER; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0030272478     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(96)80109-8     Document Type: Article

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