E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten, E-Book
Wang / Boons Carbohydrate Recognition
1. Auflage 2011
ISBN: 978-1-118-01757-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Biological Problems, Methods, and Applications
E-Book, Englisch, 440 Seiten, E-Book
Reihe: Wiley series in drug discovery and development
ISBN: 978-1-118-01757-9
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
This book contains contributions from interdisciplinary scientists to collectively address the issue of targeting carbohydrate recognition for the development of novel therapeutic and diagnostic agents. The book covers (1) biological problems involving carbohydrate recognition, (2) structural factors mediating carbohydrate recognition, (3) design and synthesis of lectin mimics that recognize carbohydrate ligands with high specificity and affinity, and (4) modulation of biological and pathological processes through carbohydrate recognition.
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PREFACE.
CONTRIBUTORS.
1 MAMMALIAN GLYCAN BIOSYNTHESIS: BUILDING A TEMPLATE FORBIOLOGICAL RECOGNITION (M. Adam Meledeo, Venkata D. P.Paruchuri, Jian Du, Zhiyun Wang, and Kevin J. Yarema).
2 THE ROLES OF CARBOHYDRATE BINDING IN CELL ADHESION ANDINFLAMMATION (Ken Kitajima and Chihiro Sato).
3 THE ROLE OF CARBOHYDRATES IN VIRAL INFECTIONS (Gillian M.Air).
4 THE ROLE OF CARBOHYDRATES IN BACTERIAL INFECTIONS (RolandJ. Pieters).
5 THE ROLES OF CARBOHYDRATE BINDING IN FERTILIZATION (DavidJ. Miller).
6 CARBOHYDRATE BIOMARKERS (Yunfeng Cheng, Nanting Ni, HanjingPeng, Shan Jin, and Binghe Wang).
7 GALECTINS AND THEIR ROLE IN VARIOUS BIOLOGICAL PROCESSES(Sarika Saraswati, Ashley Stanley Block, and Alan B.Diekman).
8 GLYCOIMMUNOLOGY (Ani Grigorian and Barbara Newton).
9 TOOLS FOR GLYCOMICS: GLYCAN AND LECTIN MICROARRAYS (JeffGildersleeve).
10 COMBINATORIAL BIOSYNTHESIS OF COMPLEX CARBOHYDRATES (HaiYu and Xi Chen).
11 MASS SPECTROMETRY IN CARBOHYDRATE SEQUENCING AND BINDINGANALYSIS (Gregory O. Staples and Joseph Zaia).
12 SYNTHETIC LECTIN MIMICS ARTIFICIAL CARBOHYDRATE RECEPTORS(Xiaochuan Yang, Yunfeng (Jerry) Cheng, and BingheWang).
13 LECTIN BINDING AND ITS STRUCTURAL BASIS (Annabelle Varrot,Bertrand Blanchard, and Anne Imberty).
14 MULTIVALENCY IN CARBOHYDRATE BINDING (Mark L. Wolfendenand Mary J. Cloninger).
15 CARBOHYDRATE BINDING AGENTS: POTENTIAL THERAPEUTICS WITHMULTIPLE INHIBITORY ACTIONS AGAINST ENVELOPED VIRUSES (K.O.Francois and J. Balzarini).
16 INFORMATICS FOR GLYCOBIOLOGY AND GLYCOMICS (Kiyoko F.Aoki-Kinoshita).
INDEX.