Synthetic studies of glycosylphosphatidylinositol (GPI) anchors and GPI-anchored peptides, glycopeptides, and proteins

Current Organic Synthesis

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 366-383

  Guo, Zhongwu ^a  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Glycolipid; Glycopeptide; Glycosylphosphatidylinositol; GPI; Peptide; Protein; Sortase

Indexed keywords

EID: 84930972708     PISSN: 15701794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/1570179411310030003     Document Type: Article

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