Preparation of multifunctional glyconanoparticles as a platform for potential carbohydrate-based anticancer vaccines

Rafael Ojeda1, Jose Luis de Paz, Africa G Barrientos

  • 1Grupo de Carbohidratos, Laboratory of Glyconanotechnology, Instituto de Investigaciones Químicas-CSIC, Américo Vespucio, 49, E-41092 Seville, Spain.

Carbohydrate Research
|December 19, 2006
PubMed

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