Novel roles for GlcNAc in cell signaling

Communicative and Integrative Biology

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 156-159

  Naseem, Shamoon ^a   Parrino, Salvatore M ^a   Buenten, Dane M ^a   Konopka, James B ^a  

^a STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Candida albicans; Cell wall; Chitin; GlcNAc; N acetylglucosaminen; O GlcNAc; Peptidoglycan

Indexed keywords

EID: 84864994119     PISSN: 19420889     EISSN: 19420889     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cib.19034     Document Type: Short Survey

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