Essentials of glycobiology / edited by Ajit Varki.

Format:

Journal/Periodical

Contributor:

Varki, Ajit, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Glycoproteins.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (859 pages)

annual

Place of Publication:

Cold Spring Harbor, New York : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, 2022.

Summary:

Glycobiology is the study of the structure, biosynthesis, biology, and evolution of saccharides (sugar chains or glycans) that are widely distributed in nature, in all life-forms. Glycobiology is a rapidly growing field in the natural sciences, with broad relevance to many areas of basic research, biomedicine, and biotechnology. The field includes the chemistry of carbohydrates, the enzymology of glycan formation and degradation, the recognition of glycans by specific proteins, roles of glycans in complex biological systems, and glycan analysis or manipulation by various techniques. The fourth edition of this primary textbook in the field continues in the prior tradition to provide a basic overview of Glycobiology, directed toward the advanced undergraduate or the beginning graduate-level student of molecular and cellular biology and biomedicine. This edition includes a broader focus on all lineages of life-forms; a wider range of topics, from biology and medicine to chemistry, bioenergy, and materials science; a more diverse and international group of contributing authors with expertise in specific areas; further expansion of the monosaccharide symbol nomenclature for representation of glycans; and a greater attention to informatics, with relevance to exploring the glycome in relation to the genome, transcriptome, proteome, lipidome, and metabolome.

Contents:

Foreword

Preface

Praise for the Previous Editions of Essentials of Glycobiology

Contributors

Editors of Earlier Editions

Consultant Reviewers

Classic Books and Monographs

Abbreviations

General Principles

Structure and Biosynthesis

Glycans in Evolution and Development

Glycan-Binding Proteins

Glycans in Physiology and Disease

Methods and Applications

Glossary

Study Guide

Errata.

Notes:

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