"alpha-L-Fucosidase" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus, 
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				An enzyme that catalyzes the hydrolysis of an alpha L-fucoside to yield an alcohol and L-fucose. Deficiency of this enzyme can cause FUCOSIDOSIS. EC 3.2.1.51.
    
			
			
				
				
					
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							D005644
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							 D08.811.277.450.050 
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							alpha-L-Fucosidase- alpha-L-Fucosidase
 - alpha L Fucosidase
 - Fucosidase
 - alpha-Fucosidase
 - alpha Fucosidase
 
  
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Sela DA, Garrido D, Lerno L, Wu S, Tan K, Eom HJ, Joachimiak A, Lebrilla CB, Mills DA. Bifidobacterium longum subsp. infantis ATCC 15697 a-fucosidases are active on fucosylated human milk oligosaccharides. Appl Environ Microbiol. 2012 Feb; 78(3):795-803.
															
								 
							
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Cualing H, Siegel R, Schwarting GA, Suchy SF, McCluer RH, Bernal S. The expression of H-like blood group glycolipids in small cell carcinoma of the lung. Hybridoma. 1993 Jun; 12(3):239-47.