Sialome analysis of the cephalochordate Branchiostoma belcheri, a key organism for vertebrate evolution

Sialic acid, a common terminal substitution of glycoconjugates, has been so far consistently identified in all vertebrates as well as in a growing number of bacterial species. It is assumed to be widely distributed among animal species of the deuterostome phylum, based on its identification in few e...

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