Glycosaminoglycans in two mollusks, Aplysia californica and Helix aspersa, and in the leech, Nephelopsis obscura

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 119, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 691-696

  Hovingh, Peter ^a   Linker, Alfred ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Aplysia; Gastropoda; Glycosaminoglycans; Helix; Heparan sulfate; Heparin; Hirudinea; Invertebrates; Leech; Mollusks; Nephelopsis

Indexed keywords

CHONDROITIN SULFATE; DERMATAN SULFATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HEPARAN; HEPARIN;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROPHORESIS; LEECH; MOLLUSC; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

APLYSIA; APLYSIA CALIFORNICA; CTENIDIUM; ERPOBDELLIDAE; GASTROPODA; HELIX ASPERSA; HIRUDINEA; HIRUDINIDA; INVERTEBRATA; MOLLUSCA; NEPHELOPSIS; NEPHELOPSIS OBSCURA;

EID: 0031845470     PISSN: 03050491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0305-0491(98)00044-3     Document Type: Article

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