Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 44, Issue 7 , Pages 890-898 , July 1995

Long-term ethanol exposure impairs glycosylation of both N- and O-glycosylated proteins in rat liver

  • Pradeep Ghosh

      Affiliations

    • Lipid Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    • ,
  • Qing-Hong Liu

      Affiliations

    • Lipid Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
    • ,
  • M.R. Lakshman

      Affiliations

    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests to M.R. Lakshman, PhD, Chief, Lipid Research Laboratory (151 T), DVA Medical Center, 50 Irving St NW, Washington, DC 20422.
    • Lipid Research Laboratory, Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA
    • Department of Medicine, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA

Received 23 April 1994 ,Accepted 11 November 1994.

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☆ Supported by a grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (1RO1-AA08149).

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Metabolism - Clinical and Experimental
Volume 44, Issue 7 , Pages 890-898 , July 1995

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