Lectins: Getting familiar with translators of the sugar code

Molecules

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1788-1823

  André, Sabine ^a   Kaltner, Herbert ^a   Manning, Joachim C ^a   Murphy, Paul V ^b   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Adhesion; Ganglioside; Glycocluster; Glycosylation; Kidney; Sialylation

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPROTEIN; LECTIN; POLYSACCHARIDE; PROTEIN BINDING;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMAL; BINDING SITE; CARBOHYDRATE ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BINDING SITES; CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCE; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; LECTINS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYSACCHARIDES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EID: 84921651644     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules20021788     Document Type: Review

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