The sugar code : fundamentals of glycosciences /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Gabius, H. J. (Hans-Joachim), 1955-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Weinheim : Wiley-VCH, [2009]
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Biochemical basis and coding capacity of the sugar code
  • Three-dimensional aspects of the sugar code
  • Chemist's way to synthesize glycosides
  • Chemist's way to prepare multivalency
  • Analytical aspects : analysis of protein-bound glycans
  • Natural glycosylation : glycoproteins
  • N-glycosylation
  • O-glycosylation : structural diversity and functions
  • Glycosylation of model and lower organisms
  • Glycosylphosphatidylinositol anchors : structure, biosynthesis and functions
  • Natural glycosylation : glycolipids, proteoglycans and chitin
  • Glycolipids
  • Proteoglycans
  • Chitin
  • Protein-carbohydrate interactions
  • Protein-carbohydrate interactions : basic concepts and methods for analysis
  • How to determine specificity : from lectin profiling to clycan mapping and arrays
  • History of lectinology
  • Ca²⁺ : mastermind and active player for lectin activity (including a gallery of lectin folds)
  • Bacterial and viral lectins
  • Plant lectins
  • Animal and human lectins
  • Routes in lectin evolution : case study on the c-type lectin-like domains
  • Carbohydrate-carbohydrate interactions
  • Biomedical aspects and case studies
  • Diseases of glycosylation
  • Animal models to delineate glycan functionality
  • Glycobiology of fertilization and early embryonic development
  • Glycans as functional markers in malignancy?
  • Small is beautiful : mini-lectins in host defense
  • Inflammation and glycosciences
  • Sugars as pharmaceuticals
  • Platelet glycoproteins as lectins in hematology
  • Neurobiology meets glycosciences.