A preponderantly 4-sulfated, 3-linked galactan from the green alga Codium isthmocladum

Glycobiology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 250-259

  Farias, Eduardo H C ^a   Pomin, Vitor H ^b   Valente, Ana Paula ^b   Nader, Helena B ^c   Rocha, Hugo A O ^a   Mourão, Paulo A S ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO NORTE   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Codium isthmocladum; Green alga; Green seaweed; Phylogeny; Pyruvylated sulfated galactan

Indexed keywords

GALACTAN; GALACTOSE; POLYSACCHARIDE SULFATE; PYRUVIC ACID;

ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CARBON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; GLYCOSYLATION; GREEN ALGA; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PLANT TAXONOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTON NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ALGAE, GREEN; CARBOHYDRATE CONFORMATION; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; GALACTANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; REFERENCE STANDARDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SULFATES;

CHLOROPHYTA; CODIUM; CODIUM ISTHMOCLADUM;

EID: 40549096714     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwm139     Document Type: Article

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