Ah, sweet mystery of death! Galectins and control of cell fate

Glycobiology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 2002, Pages

  Hernandez, Joseph D ^a   Baum, Linda G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; Galectin; Glycosyltransferase; Immune system; T cell

Indexed keywords

CELL RECEPTOR; GALECTIN; GLYCAN; LECTIN; LIGAND;

ANIMAL CELL; AUTOIMMUNITY; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CELL FATE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL TYPE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; EUKARYOTE; EXTRACELLULAR SPACE; HOMEOSTASIS; IMMUNE SYSTEM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN CROSS LINKING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REGULATORY MECHANISM; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSPLANTATION;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036798862     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwf081     Document Type: Short Survey

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