The sugar code: Functional lectinomics

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - General Subjects

Volumn 1572, Issue 2-3, 2002, Pages 165-177

  Gabius, Hans Joachim ^a   André, Sabine ^a   Kaltner, Herbert ^a   Siebert, Hans Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Bioinformatics; Cell adhesion; Drug design; Glycoprotein; Lectin; Molecular modeling

Indexed keywords

ACROSIN; CALNEXIN; CALRETICULIN; CEREBELLAR SOLUBLE LECTIN PROTEIN; COLLECTIN; CYTOKINE; ELASTIN; GALECTIN; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; HIGH MOBILITY GROUP B1 PROTEIN; HYALURONIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; LAMININ BINDING PROTEIN; LANGERIN PROTEIN; LECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; P TYPE LECTIN PROTEIN; PENTRAXIN; PROTEIN; PROTEOGLYCAN CORE PROTEIN; SELECTIN; SUGAR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOINFORMATICS; CELL INTERACTION; CELL MIGRATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; GLYCOSYLATION; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATES; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; GLYCOCONJUGATES; GLYCOSYLATION; INTEGRINS; LECTINS; LEUKOCYTE-ADHESION DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR CONFORMATION; OLIGOSACCHARIDES; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0037136404     PISSN: 03044165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4165(02)00306-9     Document Type: Review

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