Abstract
Fluorophore-assisted carbohydrate electrophoresis (FACE®) is a technique that has been successfully used to determine the structure of N-linked oligosaccharides (1,2). The method was originally introduced by Peter Jackson (3) to separate both mono- and oligosaccharides, and several reviews have appeared since then on this subject (4–7). The techniques used here are relatively simple and can be carried out in most biochemical laboratories.
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Kumar, H.P.M., Denny, P.A., Denny, P.C. (1999). Use of Fluorophore-Assisted Carbohydrate Electrophoresis (FACE®) in the Elucidation of N-Linked Oligosaccharide Structures. In: Bucke, C. (eds) Carbohydrate Biotechnology Protocols. Methods in Biotechnology™, vol 10. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-261-6_18
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