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Sialic Acid from Blood Cells of the Lamprey Eel

Nature volume 193, pages 1183–1184 (1962)Cite this article

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RECENT work1,2 on erythrocytes from several animal species have revealed that sialic acid is present on the stroma surface, and makes a major contribution to the negative surface charge. In order to evaluate the comparative significance of sialic acid on cell surfaces, the lamprey eel (Petromyzon marinus), which is one of the most primitive vertebrates, was chosen for investigation. A similar examination of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma cells has been reported3.

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  1. EDWIN H. EYLAR

    Present address: Department of Biochemistry, Indiana University Medical School, Indianapolis, Indiana

  2. EDWIN H. EYLAR: Helen Hay Whitney Fellow, 1958–60.

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  1. Department of Biological Chemistry, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.

    EDWIN H. EYLAR & RUSSELL F. DOOLITTLE

  2. Department of Medicine, Pratt Clinic—New England Center Hospital, Boston, Mass.

    MORTON A. MADOFF

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EYLAR, E., DOOLITTLE, R. & MADOFF, M. Sialic Acid from Blood Cells of the Lamprey Eel. Nature 193, 1183–1184 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/1931183a0

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