Carbohydrate moiety of immunoglobulins in health and pathology.

H Krotkiewski

doi:10.18388/abp.1999_4167

Carbohydrate moiety of immunoglobulins in health and pathology.

H Krotkiewski Department of Immunochemistry, Ludwik Hirszfeld Institute of Immunology and Experimental Therapy, Polish Academy of Sciences, Wroclaw. krotkiew@immuno.iitd.pan.wroc.pl;

DOI: https://doi.org/10.18388/abp.1999_4167

Abstract

Most of glycoproteins described so far, including immunoglobulins, are glycosylated during post-translational modifications of protein molecules. Current knowledge of the structure of sugar chains in immunoglobulin molecules and their biological role in health and pathology is reviewed.

Published

1999-06-30

Issue

Vol. 46 No. 2 (1999)

Section

Articles

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