A robust and selective method for the quantification of glycosylphosphatidylinositols in biological samples

Glycobiology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 131-138

  MacRae, James I ^a   Ferguson, Michael A J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Glucosamine; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; Inositol; Trypanosome

Indexed keywords

GLUCOSAMINE; GLYCOCONJUGATE; GLYCOSAMINOGLYCAN; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOL; INOSITOL; LIPID; MANNITOL; NITROUS ACID; PHOSPHATIDYLINOSITIDE; PROTEOGLYCAN; TRIMETHYLSILYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL LYSATE; CHEMICAL REACTION; CHO CELL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEAMINATION; DERIVATIZATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION MONITORING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANOLYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; TRYPANOSOMA; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GLYCOSYLPHOSPHATIDYLINOSITOLS; HUMANS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI;

EID: 13644263673     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwh149     Document Type: Article

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