Free and protein-bound carbohydrate structures

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 549-555

  Jiménez Barbero, Jesús ^a   Asensio, Juan Luis ^a   Cañada, Francisco Javier ^a   Poveda, Ana ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; CARBOHYDRATE BINDING PROTEIN; ENZYME; GLYCOLIPID; GLYCOPEPTIDE; GLYCOPROTEIN; GLYCOSIDASE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONFORMATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR MODEL; NUCLEAR OVERHAUSER EFFECT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 0039112253     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)00004-4     Document Type: Review

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