Polysialic acid: Biosynthesis, novel functions and applications

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 498-532

  Colley, Karen J ^a   Kitajima, Ken ^b   Sato, Chihiro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b NAGOYA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Meningitis; Neural cell adhesion molecule; Neurobiology; Polysialic acid; Polysialyltransferase

Indexed keywords

GROWTH FACTOR; MEMBRANE LIPID; MENINGITIS VACCINE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROTRANSMITTER; NEUROTROPHIN; POLYSIALIC ACID; SIALIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SIALYLTRANSFERASE;

BACTERIOPHAGE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CELL ADHESION; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL GROWTH; CELL MIGRATION; CELL PH; CELL SURFACE; ECHINODERM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IMMUNE RESPONSE; IMMUNOGENICITY; MENTAL DISEASE; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NEOPLASM; NERVE CELL PLASTICITY; NERVE REGENERATION; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PLACENTA; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SEA URCHIN; SIALYLATION; TESTIS; TISSUE REPAIR; TUMOR PROMOTION; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOSYNTHETIC PATHWAYS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEURAL CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; SIALIC ACIDS; SIALYLTRANSFERASES;

EID: 84912110246     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: 15497798     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/10409238.2014.976606     Document Type: Review

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