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General information about structures occuring besides the commonly found oligosaccharides and posttranslational modifications.
Written by: Christian Frosch
frosch@mzdmza.zdv.uni-mainz.de
http://www.uni-mainz.de/~frosc000
Institute of Toxicology
University of Mainz
Last update: 10.07.1995