Cell surface carbohydrates and lectins in early development

Molecular Human Reproduction

Volumn 3, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 907-918

  Poirier, Françoise ^a   Kimber, Susan ^b  

^a INSTITUT COCHIN   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell surface carbohydrates; Early development; Embryo; Implantations; Lectins

Indexed keywords

MAMMALIA;

CARBOHYDRATE; LECTIN; MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ANIMAL; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, SURFACE; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; CARBOHYDRATES; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; HUMANS; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 0031241128     PISSN: 13609947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/molehr/3.10.907     Document Type: Article

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