Sulfated α-L-galactans from the sea urchin ovary: Selective 6-desulfation as eggs are spawned

Glycobiology

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 702-709

  Cinelli, Leonardo P ^a   Andrade, Leonardo ^a   Valente, Ana Paula ^a   Mourão, Paulo A S ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Biosynthesis; Echinoderm; Egg jelly coat; Fertilization; Sulfatase; Sulfated polysaccharides

Indexed keywords

ALPHA GALACTAN; CARBOHYDRATE; GALACTAN; POLYSACCHARIDE; SIALOGLYCOPROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCESSORY CELL; ACROSOME; AGAR GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANION EXCHANGE CHROMATOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECHINODERM; ELECTROPHORESIS; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE CORRELATION SPECTROSCOPY; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OOCYTE; OVARY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEA URCHIN; SPAWNING;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GALACTANS; OVARY; OVUM; SEA URCHINS; SULFATES; SULFUR RADIOISOTOPES;

ECHINODERMATA; ECHINOIDEA; ECHINOMETRA LUCUNTER;

EID: 77952845771     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwq017     Document Type: Article

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