Chemistry and biology of arabinofuranosyl- and galactofuranosyl-containing polysaccharides

Current Opinion in Chemical Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 677-682

  Houseknecht, Justin B ^a   Lowary, Todd L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARABINOFURANOSE; CARBOHYDRATE; ENZYME; GALACTOFURANOSE; GALACTOFURANOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCAN; MUTASE; OLIGOFURANOSIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; POLYSACCHARIDE; PYROPHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; URACIL DIPHOSPHATE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOSYNTHESIS; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBOHYDRATE SYNTHESIS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ENZYMOLOGY; MICROORGANISM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS;

EID: 0035628608     PISSN: 13675931     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1367-5931(01)00265-4     Document Type: Review

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