"Fucose" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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A six-member ring deoxysugar with the chemical formula C6H12O5. It lacks a hydroxyl group on the carbon at position 6 of the molecule.
| Descriptor ID |
D005643
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D09.254.488
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| Concept/Terms |
Fucose- Fucose
- Deoxygalactose
- alpha-Fucose
- alpha Fucose
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| Year | Major Topic | Minor Topic | Total |
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| 2001 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Fucose" by people in Profiles.
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Altered fine structures of corneal and skeletal keratan sulfate and chondroitin/dermatan sulfate in macular corneal dystrophy. J Biol Chem. 2001 Oct 26; 276(43):39788-96.
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Biosynthetic mechanisms for the addition of polylactosamine to chondrocyte fibromodulin. J Biol Chem. 1993 Dec 15; 268(35):26634-44.