Glycosaminoglycans in Development, Health and Disease /

Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are a family of linear polysaccharides that are found in all animal tissues. Several are used as biomaterials including heparin, heparan sulfate, keratan sulfate, dermatan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate. This volume discusses the role of GAGs in development, health and diseas...

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Other Authors: Zhang, Lijuan (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic, 2010.
Series:Progress in molecular biology and translational science ; v. 93.
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Online Access:Full Text via HEAL-Link
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Summary:Glycosaminoglycans (GAGs) are a family of linear polysaccharides that are found in all animal tissues. Several are used as biomaterials including heparin, heparan sulfate, keratan sulfate, dermatan sulfate, chondroitin sulfate. This volume discusses the role of GAGs in development, health and disease.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xviii, 510 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations (some color).
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
ISBN:9780123812834
0123812836
9780123812827
0123812828
ISSN:1877-1173 ;