Carbohydrate structural units in glycoproteins and polysaccharides as important ligands for Gal and GalNAc reactive lectins

Journal of Biomedical Science

Volumn 10, Issue 6 II, 2003, Pages 676-688

  Wu, Albert M ^a  

^a CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Applied lectins and carbohydrate specificities; Disaccharide units; Glycoproteins

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE DERIVATIVE; DISACCHARIDE; FETUIN; GANGLIOSIDE; GLYCAN DERIVATIVE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOPHORIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; LIGAND; OROSOMUCOID; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN DERIVATIVE;

ARMADILLO; BINDING AFFINITY; BREAST CANCER; CELL SURFACE; COLON CANCER; DISEASE MARKER; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN ISOLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; SALIVARY GLAND; SOLUBILITY;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; GALECTINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; LIGANDS; MAMMALS; POLYSACCHARIDES;

ARMADILLO; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0347418254     PISSN: 10217770     EISSN: 14230127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000073954     Document Type: Review

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