Is the lectin binding pattern of human breast and colon cancer cells influenced by modulators of sialic acid metabolism?

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 106, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 599-604

  Schumacher, Udo ^a   Mukhtar, Dhia ^a   Stehling, Peer ^b   Reutter, Werner ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; SIALIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL CULTURE; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSED PHASE HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

MAMMALIA; POLYOMAVIRUS;

EID: 0030458034     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02473276     Document Type: Article

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