Why Is N-glycolylneuraminic acid rare in the vertebrate brain?

Topics in Current Chemistry

Volumn 366, Issue , 2013, Pages 31-54

  Davies, Leela R L ^a   Vark, Ajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; N Glycolylneuraminic acid; Sialic acid; Vertebrate

Indexed keywords

CMPACETYLNEURAMINATE MONOOXYGENASE; GANGLIOSIDE; MIXED FUNCTION OXIDASE; N ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; N-GLYCOLYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIC ACID DERIVATIVE; POLYSACCHARIDE;

ANIMAL; ANTIBODY SPECIFICITY; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; CHEMISTRY; DEFICIENCY; EVOLUTION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; NERVE CELL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL EVOLUTION; BRAIN; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CELL MEMBRANE; GANGLIOSIDES; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MIXED FUNCTION OXYGENASES; N-ACETYLNEURAMINIC ACID; NEURAMINIC ACIDS; NEURONS; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYSACCHARIDES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84907452769     PISSN: 03401022     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/128_2013_419     Document Type: Article

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