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Are glycan biosensors an alternative to glycan microarrays?

ABSTRACT: Complex carbohydrates (glycans) play an important role in nature and study of their interaction with proteins or intact cells can be useful for understanding many physiological and pathological processes. Such interactions have been successfully interrogated in a highly parallel way using glycan microarrays, but this technique has some limitations. Thus, in recent years glycan biosensors in numerous progressive configurations have been developed offering distinct advantages compared to glycan microarrays. Thus, in this review advances achieved in the field of label-free glycan biosensors are discussed.

SUBMITTER: Hushegyi A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4878710 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Are glycan biosensors an alternative to glycan microarrays?

Hushegyi A A Tkac J J

Analytical methods : advancing methods and applications 20140709 17

Complex carbohydrates (glycans) play an important role in nature and study of their interaction with proteins or intact cells can be useful for understanding many physiological and pathological processes. Such interactions have been successfully interrogated in a highly parallel way using glycan microarrays, but this technique has some limitations. Thus, in recent years glycan biosensors in numerous progressive configurations have been developed offering distinct advantages compared to glycan mi ...[more]

PMID: 27231487

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