Poly-V-acetyllactosamine

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This polysaccharide is structurally a poly-(/V-acetyllactosamine) chain, as seen... 

H., Kren, V., and Elling, L (2009) Chemo-enzymatic synthesis of poly-N-acetyllactosamine (poly-LacNAc) structures and their characterization for CG L2-galectin-mediated binding of ECM glycoproteins to hiomaterial surfaces. Glycocotg. f., 26, 141 159. 

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