Biology of the Sialic Acids

Herausgegeben:Rosenberg, A.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Abraham Rosenberg assembles the groundbreaking work of preeminent international scientists to provide the most current, state-of-the-art presentation of research in siabiology. This concise volume examines the historical development of the field and reviews current knowledge on the genetic, immunologic, oncologic, neurodevelopmental, pathogenic, and cell regulatory properties of sialic acid. Outstanding features of this work include exhaustive reference material and detailed information tables.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer US / Springer, Berlin
• Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1995
• Seitenzahl: 396
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. April 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 155mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 599g
• ISBN-13: 9781475795066
• ISBN-10: 1475795068
• Artikelnr.: 39560348

Inhaltsangabe

1 The Beginnings of Sialic Acid.- 2 Biochemistry and Role of Sialic Acids.- 3 Biological Specificity of Sialyltransferases.- 4 Sialobiology and the Polysialic Acid Glycotope: Occurrence, Structure, Function, Synthesis, and Glycopathology.- 5 Biochemistry and Oncology of Sialoglycoproteins.- 6 Cellular Biology of Gangliosides.- 7 Role of Gangliosides in Transmembrane Signaling and Cell Recognition.- 8 Biochemistry and Function of Sialidases.- 9 Sialic Acid as Receptor Determinant of Orthoand Paramyxoviruses.- 10 Sialic Acid in Biochemical Pathology.- 11 Neurite Loss Caused by Ganglioside Undersialylation.