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. 1979 Jan-Mar;9(1):13-22.
doi: 10.1007/BF02905023.

Structural modifications in membrane glycoproteins during the erythrocyte life-span

C Balduini, A Brovelli, C L Balduini, E Ascari

Structural modifications in membrane glycoproteins during the erythrocyte life-span

C Balduini et al. Ric Clin Lab. 1979 Jan-Mar.

Abstract

Erythrocyte membrane glycoproteins undergo various types of modification during the life of the cell in the circulation; when only sialic acid is removed, the younger red cells can be repaired in the liver and return to the circulation. Otherwise, when an autolytic mechanism removing a sialopeptide becomes active as a consequence of the metabolic impairment of the cell, the erythrocyte is probably trapped by the hemocatheretic organs and destroyed.

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