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Cell-surface carbohydrate recognition by animal and viral lectins
1Department of Structural Biology, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305, USA. weis@fucose.stanford.edu
Current Opinion in Structural Biology
|November 5, 1997
Abstract:
Many animal and viral lectins are specific for monosaccharides found in particular glycosidic linkages, or for larger oligosaccharide structures. Recent crystal structures of complexes between these proteins and receptor fragments have provided insights into the recognition of linkage isomers and oligosaccharide conformation.