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Mechanisms of disease: The human N-glycome
24 Oct 2015
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BACKGROUND: The majority of human proteins are being modified by covalent attachment of complex oligosaccharides--glycans. Both glycans and polypeptide parts of a protein contribute to its structure and function, but contrary to polypeptide that is defined by the sequence of nucleotides in the corresponding gene, glycans are shaped by complex dynamic interactions between hundreds of enzymes, transcription...
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