Multivalent carbohydrate-lectin interactions: How synthetic chemistry enables insights into nanometric recognition

Molecules

Volumn 21, Issue 5, 2016, Pages

  Roy, René ^a   Murphy, Paul V ^b   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^c  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Galectin; Glycocluster; Glycodendrimer; Glycophane; Glycoprotein; Liposomes; Oligosaccharides; Sugar code

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE; DENDRIMER; GALECTIN; GLYCOPROTEIN; POLYSACCHARIDE;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR MODEL; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; SYNTHESIS;

CARBOHYDRATES; DENDRIMERS; GALECTINS; GLYCOPROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; POLYSACCHARIDES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP;

EID: 84973923068     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14203049     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/molecules21050629     Document Type: Review

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