The sugar code : fundamentals of glycosciences

2009; Wiley; Linguagem: Inglês

Autores

Hans‐Joachim Gabius,

Tópico(s)

Carbohydrate Chemistry and Synthesis

Resumo

CHEMICAL BASIS The Biochemical Basis and Coding Capacity of the Sugar Code (Rudiger, Gabius) Three-dimensional Aspects of the Sugar Code (Kozar, Andre, Ulicny, Gabius) The Chemist's Way to Synthesize Glycosides (Oscarson) The Chemist's Way to Prepare Multivalency (Chabre, Roy) Analytical Aspects: The Analysis of Protein-Bound Glycans (Nakagawa) NATURAL GLYCOSYLATION - GLYCOPROTEINS N-Glycosylation (Zuber, Roth) O-Glycosylation: Structural Diversity and Functions (Patsos, Corfield) Glycosylation of Model and Lower Organisms (Wilson, Paschinger, Rendic) Glycosylphosphatidylinositol Anchors: Structure, Biosynthesis and Functions (Shams-Eldin, Debierre-Grockiego, Schwarz) NATURAL GLYCOSYLATION - GLYCOLIPIDS, PROTEOGLYCANS, CHITIN Glycolipids (Kopitz) Proteoglycans (Buddecke) Chitin (Merzendorfer) PROTEIN-CARBOHYDRATE INTERACTIONS Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions: Basic Concepts and Methods for Analysis (Solis, Romero, Menendez, Jimenez-Barbero) How to Determine Specificity: From Lectin Profiling to Glycan Mapping and Arrays (Tateno, Kuno, Hirabayashi) The History of Lectinology (Rudiger, Gabius) Ca2+: Mastermind and Active Player for Lectin Activity (Including a Gallery of Lectin Folds) (Gabius) Bacterial and Viral Lectins (Holgersson, Gustafsson, Gaunitz) Plant Lectins (Rudiger, Gabius) Animal and Human Lectins (Gabius) Routes in Lectin Evolution: Case Study on the C-Type Lectin-Like Domains (Gready, Zelensky) Carbohydrate-Carbohydrate Interactions (Bucior, Burger, Fernandez-Busquets) BIOMEDICAL ASPECTS AND CASE STUDIES Diseases of Glycosylation (Hennet) Animal Models to Delineate Glycan Functionality (Honke, Taniguchi) Glycobiology of Fertilization and Early Embryonic Development (Habermann, Sinowatz) Glycans as Functional Markers in Malignancy? (Andre, Kopitz, Kaltner, Villalobo, Gabius) Small is Beautiful: Mini-Lectins in Host Defense (Lehrer) Inflammation and Glycosciences (Schwartz-Albiez) Sugars as Pharmaceuticals (Osborn, Turkson) Platelet Glycoproteins as Lectins in Hematology (Hoffmeister, Falet) Neurobiology meets Glycosciences (Ledeen, Wu) COMPANION WEB-SITE: www.wiley-vch.de/home/thesugarcode

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