Biology of the Sialic Acids

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 revie

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Biology of the Sialic Acids Edited by

Abraham Rosenberg University of California, Los Angeles Los Angeles, California

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Biology of the sialic acids I edited by Abraham Rosenberg. p. em. Includes bibliographical ·references and Index. ISBN 978-1-4757-9506-6

ISBN 978-1-4757-9504-2 (eBook)

DOI 10.1007/978-1-4757-9504-2

1. Sialic acids--Physiological effect.

I. Rosenberg, Abraham,

19240P801.S47B566 1995 574.19'24--dc20

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ISBN 978-1-4757-9506-6

© 1995 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1995 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1995 10 9 8 7 6 54 3 2 1 All rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher

Contributors

Manju Basu Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Shih Sankar Basu Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Subhash Basu Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556 Veer P. Bhavanandan Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, Pennsylvania 17033 Kiyoshi Furukawa Department of Biochemistry, Institute of Medical Science, Univeristy of Tokyo, Tokyo 108, Japan; present address: Department of Biosignal Research, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology, Tokyo 173, Japan Sen-itiroh Hakomori The Biomembrane Institute, and Departments of Pathobiology and Microbiology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 Jiirgen Hausmann Virology Institute, University of Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany Georg Herrler Virology Institute, University of Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany Masao lwamori Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113, Japan v

Contributors

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Sorge Kelm many

Biochemistry Institute, University of Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Ger-

Hans-Dieter Klenk Virology Institute, University of Marburg, D-35037 Marburg, Germany Yoshitaka Nagai Mitsubishi Kasei Institute of Life Sciences; Machida City, Tokyo, and the Glycobiology Research Group, Frontier Research Program, The Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN), Wako City, Saitama, Japan GerdReuter many

Biochemistry Institute, University of Kiel, D-24098 Kiel, Ger-

Peter Roggentin Germany

Biochemistry Institute, University of Kiel, D-24098 Kiel,

Abraham Rosenberg Neuropsychiatric Institute and Brain Research Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California 90024-1759 Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Megumi Saito Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, Virginia 23298 Roland Schauer Germany Lee Shaw many

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