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Gangliosides of Brain and of Extraneural Tissues: Structural Relationship to Protein-Linked Glycans

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Several membrane-associated functions involve an interaction between a biologically active agent, such as antibody (Hakomori and Kobata, 1974; Talmadge and Burger, 1975), protein hormone (Fishman and Brady,1976) or toxin (Craig and Cuatrecasas, 1975), and a membrane carbohydrate chain. The carbohydrate chains of both membrane glycolipids and glycoproteins are in principle suited for such specific interactions, as they both contain a wide diversity of specific saccharide structures projecting to the external milieu from the cell.

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Rauvala, H., Finne, J. (1980). Gangliosides of Brain and of Extraneural Tissues: Structural Relationship to Protein-Linked Glycans. In: Svennerholm, L., Mandel, P., Dreyfus, H., Urban, PF. (eds) Structure and Function of Gangliosides. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 125. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-7844-0_18

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