Disialic, oligosialic and polysialic acids: Distribution, functions and related disease

Journal of Biochemistry

Volumn 154, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 115-136

  Sato, Chihiro ^a   Kitajima, Ken ^a  

^a NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

disialic acid; oligosialic acid; polysialic acid; polysialyltransferase; sialic acid

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROTROPHIN; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER CELL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONFORMATION; EUKARYOTE; FISH; FLUORESCENCE; FLUOROMETRY; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; METHYLATION; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHEOCHROMOCYTOMA; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEA URCHIN; THIN LAYER CHROMATOGRAPHY; THYROID MEDULLARY CARCINOMA;

DISIALIC ACID; OLIGOSIALIC ACID; POLYSIALIC ACID; POLYSIALYLTRANSFERASE; SIALIC ACID;

ANIMALS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEOPLASMS; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; SIALIC ACIDS;

EID: 84880980736     PISSN: 0021924X     EISSN: 17562651     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jb/mvt057     Document Type: Review

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