Glycosciences: Status and Perspectives - Hardcover

Surveys the work accomplished and in progress on glycoconjugates in a wide range of disciplines, including developmental and cell biology, pathology and histochemistry, pharmacy, endocrinology, bacteriology and virology, oncology, and carbohydrate chemistry. Ranges from basic molecular research to clinical applications, summarizes the current state of knowledge, and predicts the benefits of new approaches and strategies. The topics include the information-storing potential of the sugar code, a histochemist's view of the topology of glycosylation, the biology of sulfated oligosaccharides, analyzing interactions between proteins and carbohydrates using engineered ligands, galectins in tumor cells, xenotransplantation research, and the glycobiology of fertilization and consciousness. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.