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Review

Glycomics

Carolyn R Bertozzi, Ram Sasisekharan
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 48.
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Glycomics

Carolyn R Bertozzi et al.
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Excerpt

The term “glycome” describes the complete repertoire of glycans and glycoconjugates that cells produce under specified conditions of time, space, and environment. “Glycomics,” therefore, refers to studies that profile the glycome and is the topic of this chapter.

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