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Glycoprotein and Glycolipid Assembly and Related Processes in Eukaryotic Cells

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During the last decade it has become clear that at least three general types of glycosyl transfer occur in eukaryotic cells and that the structures found in their glycoconjugates are variously the consequences of one or more of these processes.

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Stoddart, R.W. (1984). Glycoprotein and Glycolipid Assembly and Related Processes in Eukaryotic Cells. In: The Biosynthesis of Polysaccharides. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-9873-2_4

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