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Glycobiology of Reproductive Processes in Marine Animals: The State of the Art
Glycobiology is the study of complex carbohydrates in biological systems and represents a developing field of science that has made huge advances in the last half century. In fact, it combines all branches of biomedical research, revealing the vast and diverse forms of carbohydrate structures that e...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23247316 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md10122861 |
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author | Gallo, Alessandra Costantini, Maria |
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description | Glycobiology is the study of complex carbohydrates in biological systems and represents a developing field of science that has made huge advances in the last half century. In fact, it combines all branches of biomedical research, revealing the vast and diverse forms of carbohydrate structures that exist in nature. Advances in structure determination have enabled scientists to study the function of complex carbohydrates in more depth and to determine the role that they play in a wide range of biological processes. Glycobiology research in marine systems has primarily focused on reproduction, in particular for what concern the chemical communication between the gametes. The current status of marine glycobiology is primarily descriptive, devoted to characterizing marine glycoconjugates with potential biomedical and biotechnological applications. In this review, we describe the current status of the glycobiology in the reproductive processes from gametogenesis to fertilization and embryo development of marine animals. |
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spelling | pubmed-35281312012-12-28 Glycobiology of Reproductive Processes in Marine Animals: The State of the Art Gallo, Alessandra Costantini, Maria Mar Drugs Review Glycobiology is the study of complex carbohydrates in biological systems and represents a developing field of science that has made huge advances in the last half century. In fact, it combines all branches of biomedical research, revealing the vast and diverse forms of carbohydrate structures that exist in nature. Advances in structure determination have enabled scientists to study the function of complex carbohydrates in more depth and to determine the role that they play in a wide range of biological processes. Glycobiology research in marine systems has primarily focused on reproduction, in particular for what concern the chemical communication between the gametes. The current status of marine glycobiology is primarily descriptive, devoted to characterizing marine glycoconjugates with potential biomedical and biotechnological applications. In this review, we describe the current status of the glycobiology in the reproductive processes from gametogenesis to fertilization and embryo development of marine animals. MDPI 2012-12-17 /pmc/articles/PMC3528131/ /pubmed/23247316 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md10122861 Text en © 2012 by the authors; licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is an open-access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Gallo, Alessandra Costantini, Maria Glycobiology of Reproductive Processes in Marine Animals: The State of the Art |
title | Glycobiology of Reproductive Processes in Marine Animals: The State of the Art |
title_full | Glycobiology of Reproductive Processes in Marine Animals: The State of the Art |
title_fullStr | Glycobiology of Reproductive Processes in Marine Animals: The State of the Art |
title_full_unstemmed | Glycobiology of Reproductive Processes in Marine Animals: The State of the Art |
title_short | Glycobiology of Reproductive Processes in Marine Animals: The State of the Art |
title_sort | glycobiology of reproductive processes in marine animals: the state of the art |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3528131/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23247316 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/md10122861 |
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