Structural basis for distinct binding properties of the human galectins to thomsen-friedenreich antigen
Bian, C.F., Zhang, Y., Sun, H., Li, D.F., Wang, D.C.(2011) PLoS One 6: e25007-e25007
- PubMed: 21949831 
- DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0025007
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3AYA, 3AYC, 3AYD, 3AYE - PubMed Abstract: 
The Thomsen-Friedenreich (TF or T) antigen, Galβ1-3GalNAcα1-O-Ser/Thr, is the core 1 structure of O-linked mucin type glycans appearing in tumor-associated glycosylation. The TF antigen occurs in about 90% of human cancer cells and is a potential ligand for the human endogenous galectins ...