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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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Review
2010
Review
2010
Advances in the biology and chemistry of sialic acids.
Sialic acids are a subset of nonulosonic acids, which are nine-carbon alpha-keto aldonic acids. Natural existing sialic acid… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Sialic acids in human health and disease.
  • A. Varki
  • Trends in Molecular Medicine
  • 2008
  • Corpus ID: 19457845
Review
2004
Review
2004
Diversity of Microbial Sialic Acid Metabolism
SUMMARY Sialic acids are structurally unique nine-carbon keto sugars occupying the interface between the host and commensal or… 
Review
2000
Review
2000
Achievements and challenges of sialic acid research
  • R. Schauer
  • Glycoconjugate Journal
  • 2000
  • Corpus ID: 8607483
Sialic acids are one of the most important molecules of life, since they occupy the terminal position on macromolecules and cell… 
Review
1997
Review
1997
Sialic acids as ligands in recognition phenomena
  • A. Varki
  • The FASEB Journal
  • 1997
  • Corpus ID: 33603419
The sialic acids are acidic monosaccharides typically found at the outermost ends of the sugar chains of animal glycoconjugates… 
Highly Cited
1988
Highly Cited
1988
Structure of the influenza virus haemagglutinin complexed with its receptor, sialic acid
The three-dimensional structures of influenza virus haemagglutinins complexed with cell receptor analogues show sialic acids… 
Review
1982
Review
1982
Chemistry, metabolism, and biological functions of sialic acids.
  • R. Schauer
  • Advances in Carbohydrate Chemistry and…
  • 1982
  • Corpus ID: 271436
Highly Cited
1971
Highly Cited
1971
The sialic acids. XI. A periodate-resorcinol method for the quantitative estimation of free sialic acids and their glycosides.
Abstract The Svennerholm resorcinol method for the quantitative determination of the sialic acids was modified by introducing a… 
Highly Cited
1959
Highly Cited
1959
The thiobarbituric acid assay of sialic acids.
  • L. Warren
  • Journal of Biological Chemistry
  • 1959
  • Corpus ID: 1157763
Highly Cited
1957
Highly Cited
1957
Quantitative estimation of sialic acids. II. A colorimetric resorcinol-hydrochloric acid method.
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