Regulatory roles of carbohydrate ligands for selectins in the homing of lymphocytes

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 599-608

  Kannagi, Reiji ^a  

^a AICHI CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; L SELECTIN; LIGAND; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALYL 6 SULFO LEWIS X; SULFUR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

HELPER CELL; HUMAN; INFLAMMATION; INTESTINE; LYMPHOCYTE HOMING; LYMPHOCYTE SUBPOPULATION; MEMORY CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; RNA TRANSLATION; SKIN; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

EID: 0036816134     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(02)00365-2     Document Type: Review

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