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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453044503321

Titolo

Sialobiology [[electronic resource] ] : structure, biosynthesis and function : sialic acid glycoconjugates in health and disease / / Editors Joe Tiralongo and Ivan Martinez-Duncker

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Sharjah, U.A.E.], : Bentham Science Publishers, 2013

ISBN

1-60805-386-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (531 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

TiralongoJoe

Martinez-DunckerIvan

Disciplina

574.1924

Soggetti

Sialic acids

Biosynthesis

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

01 Title.pdf; 02 Title; 03 REVISED Online; 04 Contents; 05 Foreword; 06 Preface; 07 List of Contributors; 08 Chapter 01; 09 Chapter 02; 10 Chapter 03; 11 Chapter 04; 12 Chapter 05; 13 Chapter 06; 14 Chapter 07; 15 Chapter 08; 16 Chapter 09; 17 Chapter 10; 18 Chapter 11; 19 Chapter 12; 20 Chapter 13; 21 Chapter 14; 22 INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

The importance of substitution by the sugar sialic acid and the role played by sialylated structures (eg. glycoproteins, glycolipids, glycoconjugates) in immune recognition, neural cell growth, embryogenesis and disease development including microbial pathogenesis and cancer progression, has become well-established. This ebook presents a summary of central aspects of sialobiology (i.e., the study of sialic acid and its relevance to biology).