Chemical structure of poly(ADP-ribose) (IMAGE)

Institute for Glyco-core Research (iGCORE), Tokai National Higher Education and Research System

Chemical structure of poly(ADP-ribose)

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Although poly(ADP-ribose) occurs naturally, the molecular fragment — called ribosyl adenosine 5’,5”-diphosphate — varies too widely for researchers to infer broad functions. 

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Hiromune Ando and Hide-Nori Tanaka

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