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Biology of the Sialic Acids

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  • © 1995

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Editors:
  1. Abraham Rosenberg

    1. Neuropsychiatric Institute and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xv
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  2. The Beginnings of Sialic Acid

    • Abraham Rosenberg
    Pages 1-5

  3. Biochemistry and Role of Sialic Acids

    • Roland Schauer, Sörge Kelm, Gerd Reuter, Peter Roggentin, Lee Shaw
    Pages 7-67

  4. Biological Specificity of Sialyltransferases

    • Subhash Basu, Manju Basu, Shib Sankar Basu
    Pages 69-94

  5. Sialobiology and the Polysialic Acid Glycotope Occurrence, Structure, Function, Synthesis, and Glycopathology

    • Frederic A. Troy II
    Pages 95-144

  6. Biochemistry and Oncology of Sialoglycoproteins

    • Veer P. Bhavanandan, Kiyoshi Furukawa
    Pages 145-196

  7. Cellular Biology of Gangliosides

    • Yoshitaka Nagai, Masao Iwamori
    Pages 197-241

  8. Role of Gangliosides in Transmembrane Signaling and Cell Recognition

    • Sen-itiroh Hakomori
    Pages 243-259

  9. Biochemistry and Function of Sialidases

    • Megumi Saito, Robert K. Yu
    Pages 261-313

  10. Sialic Acid as Receptor Determinant of Ortho- and Paramyxoviruses

    • Georg Herrler, Jürgen Hausmann, Hans-Dieter Klenk
    Pages 315-336

  11. Sialic Acid in Biochemical Pathology

    • Kunihiko Suzuki
    Pages 337-361

  12. Neurite Loss Caused by Ganglioside Undersialylation

    • Abraham Rosenberg
    Pages 363-372

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 373-378
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About this book

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.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Neuropsychiatric Institute and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, USA

    Abraham Rosenberg

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Biology of the Sialic Acids

  • Editors: Abraham Rosenberg

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-9504-2

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1995

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44974-1Published: 31 July 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4757-9506-6Published: 29 April 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4757-9504-2Published: 29 June 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 378

  • Topics: Biochemistry, general, Animal Anatomy / Morphology / Histology, Plant Sciences

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