Sialic acid utilisation and synthesis in the neonatal rat revisited.

BACKGROUND:Milk is the sole source of nutrients for neonatal mammals and is generally considered to have co-evolved with the developmental needs of the suckling newborn. One evolutionary conserved constituent of milk and present on many glycoconjugates is sialic acid. The brain and colon are major s...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Peter I Duncan, Frédéric Raymond, Andreas Fuerholz, Norbert Sprenger
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2009-12-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2785881?pdf=render