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Sialic Acids

Known as: Acids, Sialic, N-Acetylneuraminic Acids, Acids, N-Acetylneuraminic 
A group of naturally occurring N-and O-acyl derivatives of the deoxyamino sugar neuraminic acid. They are ubiquitously distributed in many tissues.
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2,3-difluorosialic acid9-O-lactoyl-N-acetylneuraminic acidMCC-257N acetylneuraminate
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Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Quantum dots with phenylboronic acid tags for specific labeling of sialic acids on living cells.
Sialic acids with a nine-carbon backbone are commonly found at the terminal position of the glycans structures on cell membranes… 
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Metabolic labeling of sialic acids in living animals with alkynyl sugars.
Sialome sweet sialome: As sialic acids are involved in many host-pathogen recognition events and are markers of embryonic and… 
Review
2001
Review
2001
Biochemical engineering of the N-acyl side chain of sialic acid: biological implications.
N-Acetylneuraminic acid is the most prominent sialic acid in eukaryotes. The structural diversity of sialic acid is exploited by… 
Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Stabilization of sialic acids in N-linked oligosaccharides and gangliosides for analysis by positive ion matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry.
Matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry of oligosaccharides and gangliosides normally causes loss… 
Highly Cited
1993
Highly Cited
1993
Characterization of a specific ligand for P-selectin on myeloid cells. A minor glycoprotein with sialylated O-linked oligosaccharides.
Highly Cited
1977
Highly Cited
1977
Selective radioactive labeling of cell surface sialoglycoproteins by periodate-tritiated borohydride.
Review
1976
Review
1976
Comparative aspects of glycoprotein structure.
Glycoproteins have a wide distribution in nature and serve a vast number of functions. There are glycoprotein enzymes and… 
Highly Cited
1972
Highly Cited
1972
Analysis of monosaccharides by gas-liquid chromatography of the O-methyl glycosides as trifluoroacetate derivatives. Application to glycoproteins and glycolipids.
Highly Cited
1965
Highly Cited
1965
The sialic acids. VI. Purification and properties of sialidase from Clostridium perfringens.
In 1947, McCrae (1) demonstrated that filtrates obtained from cultures of Clostridium perfringens contained an enzyme that… 
Highly Cited
1963
Highly Cited
1963
The surface structure of erythrocytes from some animal sources.
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