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The O-GlcNAc Modification

Gerald W Hart, Yoshihiro Akimoto
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 18.
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The O-GlcNAc Modification

Gerald W Hart et al.
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This chapter presents an overview of the dynamic modification of serine or threonine hydroxyl moieties on nuclear and cytoplasmic proteins by β-linked N-acetylglucosamine, termed O-β-GlcNAc or simply O-GlcNAc.

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