Fucose, placental evolution and the glycocode

Glycobiology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-478

  Aplin, John D ^a   Jones, Carolyn J P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

evolution; fucose; glycans; lectin histochemistry; placenta

Indexed keywords

FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASE; GLYCAN; GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; OLIGOSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; ENDOMETRIUM; EVOLUTION; FUCOSYLATION; GENE EXPRESSION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PLACENTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REPRODUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

ANIMALS; EMBRYO IMPLANTATION; EMBRYO, MAMMALIAN; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; FUCOSE; FUCOSYLTRANSFERASES; GLYCOSYLATION; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY;

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EID: 84857961780     PISSN: 09596658     EISSN: 14602423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/cwr156     Document Type: Article

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