Circular proteoglycans from sponges: First members of the spongican family

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 88-112

  Fernandez Busquets X ^a   Burger, M M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b NOVARTIS PHARMA AG   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Atomic force microscope; Cell adhesion; Glycosaminoglycan; Hyaluronan; Invertebrate histocompatibility; Porifera; Proteoglycan; Self nonself recognition

Indexed keywords

CORE PROTEIN; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; HYALECTAN; HYALURONIC ACID; LINK PROTEIN; MONOMER; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PROTEOGLYCAN; SPONGICAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL ADHESION; CELL AGGREGATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; IN VIVO STUDY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPONGE (PORIFERA);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CALCIUM; CELL ADHESION; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; EXTRACELLULAR MATRIX PROTEINS; HYALURONIC ACID; MEMBRANE GLYCOPROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ATOMIC FORCE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PEPTIDES, CYCLIC; PORIFERA; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; PROTEINS; PROTEOGLYCANS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TANDEM REPEAT SEQUENCES;

INVERTEBRATA; PORIFERA;

EID: 0037275054     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s000180300006     Document Type: Review

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