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Learning Goals/Objectives for Chapter 3A: After class and this reading, students will be able to
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The link below is an extraordinary and free resource on glycobiology. It defines the word "glycan" as a "generic term for any sugar or assembly of sugars, in free form or attached to another molecule" and "is used interchangeably ... with saccharide or carbohydrate."
Byres, E. et al. Incorporation of a non-human glycan mediates human susceptibility to a bacterial toxin. Nature 456, 648-652 (2008)
Pam Tangvoranuntakul, Pascal Gagneux, Sandra Diaz, Sandra Diaz, Ajit Varki, and Elaine Muchmore
and Elaine Muchmore. Human uptake and incorporation of an immunogenic nonhuman dietary sialic acid. PNAS 2003 100:12045-12050
Cramer and Truhlar. Quantum Chemical Conformational Analysis of Glucose in Aqueous solutions. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, pg 5745 (1993)
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