Glycosylated major urinary protein of the house mouse: Characterization of its N-linked oligosaccharides

Glycobiology

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 231-235

  Mechref, Yehia ^a,b   Zidek, Lukas ^a   Ma, Weidong ^a   Novotny, Milos V ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

House mouse; Mass spectrometry; Oligosaccharide sequencing; Pheromone binding protein

Indexed keywords

ASPARAGINE LINKED OLIGOSACCHARIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN;

ARTICLE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN GLYCOSYLATION; PROTEIN URINE LEVEL; SIALYLATION;

MUS MUSCULUS;

EID: 0034056648     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/10.3.231     Document Type: Article

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