Brain development needs sugar: The role of polysialic acid in controlling NCAM functions

Biological Chemistry

Volumn 390, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 567-574

  Mühlenhoff, Martina ^a   Oltmann Norden, Imke ^a,b   Weinhold, Birgit ^a   Hildebrandt, Herbert ^a   Gerardy Schahn, Rita ^a  

^a HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Axon guidance; Brain connectivity; Cell surface glycosylation; Cell cell interaction; Neural cell adhesion molecule NCAM; Polysialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; POLYSIALIC ACID; SIALYLTRANSFERASE; SUGAR;

BIOSYNTHESIS; BRAIN; BRAIN DEVELOPMENT; HUMAN; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MODEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SIALYLATION; TRANSGENIC MOUSE;

ANIMALS; BRAIN; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; SIALIC ACIDS; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

MUS;

EID: 68149136987     PISSN: 14316730     EISSN: 14374315     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/BC.2009.078     Document Type: Review

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