Does DG42 Synthesize Hyaluronan or Chitin?: A Controversy About Oligosaccharides in Vertebrate Development

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Journal Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A

Specialty Science

Date 1996 May 14

PMID 8643436

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A Varki

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