Sialic acid concentration of brain gangliosides: Variation among eight mammalian species

Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology - A Molecular and Integrative Physiology

Volumn 119, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 435-439

  Wang, Bing ^a   Miller, Jennie Brand ^a   McNeil, Yvette ^a   McVeagh, Patricia ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Biochemistry; Biological function; Brain cortex; Brain development; Ganglioside; Mammals; Neuraminic acid; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

GANGLIOSIDE; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; CELL MATURATION; CHIMPANZEE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COW; FEMALE; LEARNING; MALE; NONHUMAN; RABBIT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SWINE;

EID: 0031976179     PISSN: 10956433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1095-6433(97)00445-5     Document Type: Article

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