Evolutionary Considerations in Studying the Sialome: Sialic Acids and the Host-Pathogen Interface

Bioinformatics for Glycobiology and Glycomics: An Introduction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 69-88

  Lewis, Amanda L ^a   Varki, Ajit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate; Database; Infection; Lectin; Mimicry; Pathogenesis; Phylogeny; Red queen effect; Sialic acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84958630203     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470029619.ch4     Document Type: Chapter

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