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Technologies to Elucidate Functions of Glycans

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Knockout, Transgenic, Neurodegeneration, Maintenance of homeostasis, Lipid rafts

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  1. Chubu University, Kasugai, Japan

    Koichi Furukawa, Yuhsuke Ohmi, Orie Tajima & Keiko Furukawa

  2. Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, OK, USA

    Yuji Kondo

  3. Osaka International Cancer Institute, Osaka, Japan

    Yuki Ohkawa

  4. Kochi University, Kochi, Japan

    Koichi Honke

  5. Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan

    Jin-ichi Inokuchi & Jianguo Gu

  6. Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

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  8. Soka University, Hachioji, Japan

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  11. Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

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  12. Niigata University, Niigata, Japan

    Shunji Natsuka

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  14. Ritsumeikan University, Kusatsu, Japan

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  15. Osaka University, Suita, Japan

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  16. National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), Tsukuba, Japan

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  17. RIKEN, Wako, Japan

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Correspondence to Koichi Furukawa , Koichi Honke , Jin-ichi Inokuchi , Jianguo Gu , Kenji Kadomatsu , Hiroshi Kitagawa , Shoko Nishihara , Kazuya Nomura , Shogo Oka , Makoto Ito , Ken Kitajima , Shunji Natsuka , Motoi Kanagawa , Takeshi Ishimizu , Kazuhito Fujiyama , Yasunori Chiba , Hiroyuki Osada , Koichi Furukawa , Koichi Honke , Jin-ichi Inokuchi , Jianguo Gu , Kenji Kadomatsu , Hiroshi Kitagawa , Shoko Nishihara , Kazuya Nomura , Shogo Oka , Makoto Ito , Ken Kitajima , Shunji Natsuka , Takeshi Ishimizu , Kazuhito Fujiyama , Yasunori Chiba or Hiroyuki Osada .

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Furukawa, K. et al. (2019). Technologies to Elucidate Functions of Glycans. In: Taniguchi, N., et al. Glycoscience: Basic Science to Applications. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-13-5856-2_4

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