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Biological Roles of Glycans

Ajit Varki, John B Lowe
Ajit Varki, Richard D Cummings, Jeffrey D Esko, Hudson H Freeze, Pamela Stanley, Carolyn R Bertozzi, Gerald W Hart, Marilynn E Etzler
, editors.
In: Essentials of Glycobiology. 2nd edition. Cold Spring Harbor (NY): Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press; 2009. Chapter 6.
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Biological Roles of Glycans

Ajit Varki et al.
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Excerpt

This chapter provides an overview of the biological roles of glycans and attempts to synthesize some general principles for understanding and exploring these roles. For details, see the reviews cited and the other chapters in this book.

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