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4. Some relevant glycobiology books: (a) Glycopeptides and Related Compounds, Synthesis, Analysis and Applications, D. G. Large, C. D. Warren, Marcel Dekker, New York, 1997; (b) Glycoscience: Synthesis of Oligosaccharides and Glycoconjugates (Topics in Current Chemistry 186); H. Driguez, J. Thiem, Eds., Springer Verlag, Berlin, 1997; (c) Modern Methods in Carbohydrate Synthesis (Frontiers in Natural Product Research Vol. I), S. H. Khan, R. A. O' Neill, Eds., Harwood Academic Publishers, Amsterdam, 1996; (d) Glycoproteins (in New Comprehensive Biochemistry, Vol. 29a, A. Neuberger, L. L. M. Van Deenen, Eds.), J. Montreuil, J. F. G. Vliegenthart, H. Schachter, Eds., Elsevier, Oxford, 1995; (e) Molecular Glycobiology, M. Fukuda, O. Hindsgaul, Eds., IRL Press at Oxford University Press, Oxford, 1994.
5. G. Arsequell, G. Valencia, Tetrahedron: Asymmetry 1997, 8, 2839.