Identification and determination of absolute and anomeric configurations of the 6-deoxyaltrose residue found in polysialoglycoprotein of Salvelinus leucomaenis pluvius eggs. The first demonstration of the presence of a 6-deoxyhexose other that fucose in glycoprotein. (1987)

Iwasaki M, Inoue S, Inoue Y
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