God must love galectins; he made so many of them

Glycobiology

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 979-984

  Cooper, Douglas N W ^a   Barondes, Samuel H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Galectin; Lectin; Review

Indexed keywords

GALACTOSIDE; GALECTIN;

HUMAN; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN FAMILY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CARRIER PROTEINS; GALACTOSIDES; GALECTINS; HEMAGGLUTININS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032875554     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.10.979     Document Type: Review

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