Enzyme-catalyzed formation of glycosidic linkages

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 652-660

  Watt, Gregory M ^a   Lowden, Philip As ^a   Flitsch, Sabine L ^a  

^a Joseph Black Chemistry Building   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; GLYCOSIDE; GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MANNOSE; TRISACCHARIDE;

CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CATALYSIS; GLYCOPROTEIN SYNTHESIS; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REACTION ANALYSIS; REVIEW;

EID: 0030735602     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(97)80074-7     Document Type: Article

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