Branched N-glycans and their implications for cell adhesion, signaling and clinical applications for cancer biomarkers and in therapeutics

BMB Reports

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 772-781

  Tanichi, Naoyuki ^a,b   Korekane, Hiroaki ^a  

^a RIKEN   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Antibody therapy; Branched N glycans; Cancer biomarker; Growth factor receptors; N acetylglucosaminyltransferases

Indexed keywords

POLYSACCHARIDE; TUMOR MARKER;

BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL ADHESION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84857692860     PISSN: 19766696     EISSN: 1976670X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5483/BMBRep.2011.44.12.772     Document Type: Short Survey

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