title: Biocatalytic synthesis of oligosaccharides.
abstract: Tremendous advances in biocatalytic approaches to oligosaccharide synthesis have taken place in the past two years. The use of isolated enzymes, both glycosyltransferases and glycosidases, or engineered whole cells allows the preparation of natural oligosaccharides and analogs required for glycobiology research.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, T6C 2G2, Canada. monica.palcic@ualberta.ca.
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Palcic
mesh_terms: D001709:Biotechnology; D002240:Carbohydrate Sequence; D002384:Catalysis; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases / Q000378:metabolism; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009844:Oligosaccharides / Q000096:biosynthesis* / Q000737:chemistry
chemical_list: D009844:Oligosaccharides; D006026:Glycoside Hydrolases