Fundamentals of Glycosciences
edited by Hans-Joachim Gabius
The Sugar Code is a perfect primer for students in life and medical sciences and for specialists looking for a concise overview.
With its remarkable set of summary illustrations and its focus on landmark references, The Sugar Code is ideally suited as practical resource to teach classes, run courses and get prepared for contributing to the dynamic development of glycosciences.
Contents
Chemical Basis
- The Biochemical Basis and Coding Capacity of the Sugar Code
- Three-dimensional Aspects of the Sugar Code
- The Chemist's Way to Synthesize Glycosides
- The Chemist's Way to Prepare Multivalency
- Analytical Aspects: The 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, Chitin
- Glycolipids
- Proteoglycans
- Chitin
Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions
- Protein-Carbohydrate Interactions: Basic Concepts and Methods for Analysis
- How to Determine Specificity: From Lectin Profiling to Glycan Mapping and Arrays
- The 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 (Hennet)
- 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
Index
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