Research Catalog

Title

Bound carbohydrates in nature / Leonard Warren.

Author

Warren, Leonard, 1924-

Publication

Cambridge [England] ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1994.

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Details

Description

x, 113 pages : illustrations; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Lezioni lincee

Uniform Title

Lezioni lincee.

Subject

• Carbohydrates > Metabolism
• Glycoproteins
• Glycolipids
• Sialic acids
• Carbohydrate Metabolism
• Glycolipids
• Glycoproteins
• Sialic Acids
• N-Acetylneuraminic Acid
• Carbohydrates > Metabolism
• Sialic acids
• Kohlenhydratderivate
• Kohlenhydrate

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [102]-109) and index.

Contents

1. The carbohydrates of glycoproteins. History. Microheterogeneity of bound carbohydrates. Function of bound carbohydrates. Inducible changes in bound carbohydrates. Programmed changes in bound carbohydrates. A possible role for bound carbohydrates -- 2. Derivatives of neuraminic acid. Sialic acids. Distribution of sialic acids in nature. The state of sialic acids in nature. The metabolism of hexosamines and sialic acids. Metabolic control of hexosamines and sialic acids. Asparagine N-glycosylation. Processing of lysosomal enzymes. Biosynthesis of O-linked oligosaccharides. Modification of sialic acids. Sialidases (neuraminidases). Genetic metabolic disorders involving sialic acids. Glycosidases. Bound carbohydrates in malignancy -- 3. Multidrug resistance. Properties of P-glycoprotein. Lysosomes and multidrug resistance. Kinetics of influx and efflux of drugs. Modulation of multidrug resistance. The role of lipids in the accumulation of drugs by MDR cells.

ISBN

• 0521442311
• 9780521442312
• 0521447437
• 9780521447430

LCCN

93002131

OCLC

• ocm28182219
• 28182219
• SCSB-14398449

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library