Evolutionary considerations in relating oligosaccharide diversity to biological function
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Evolutionary considerations in relating oligosaccharide diversity to biological function.
The oligosaccharide chains (glycans) attached to cell surface and extracellular proteins and lipids are known to mediate many important biological roles. However, for many glycans, there are still no evident functions that are of obvious benefit to the organism that synthesizes them. There is also no clear explanation for the extreme complexity and diversity of glycans that can be found on a gi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Glycobiology
سال: 1999
ISSN: 0959-6658,1460-2423
DOI: 10.1093/glycob/9.8.747