Teaming up synthetic chemistry and histochemistry for activity screening in galectin-directed inhibitor design

Histochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 147, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 285-301

  Roy, René ^a   Cao, Yihong ^a   Kaltner, Herbert ^b   Kottari, Naresh ^a   Shiao, Tze Chieh ^a   Belkhadem, Karima ^a   André, Sabine ^b   Manning, Joachim C ^b   Murphy, Paul V ^c   Gabius, Hans Joachim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Agglutinin; Glycocluster; Glycoprotein; Glycosylation; Lectin

Indexed keywords

AGLYCONE; GALECTIN 1; GALECTIN 3; GALECTIN 8; LACTOSE; PARAFFIN; GALECTIN; GLYCOSIDE; LACTOSIDES; LECTIN; PROTEIN BINDING;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOFLUOROMETRY; DRUG DESIGN; EPIDIDYMIS; GLYCOSYLATION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JEJUNUM; LECTIN BINDING; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REDUCTION (CHEMISTRY); SCREENING; SULFATION; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; METABOLISM; SYNTHESIS;

FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALECTINS; GLYCOSIDES; HUMANS; LECTINS; PROTEIN BINDING;

EID: 85007196299     PISSN: 09486143     EISSN: 1432119X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00418-016-1525-5     Document Type: Article

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