Glycoproteins II

Part II of this excellent work covers proteoglycans and mucins and deals with many more examples of glycoprotein function. It also covers glycoproteins from four more species (slime mold, snails, fish, batracians).

The content of the volume is very comprehensive in that most contributors are focussed on discussing, in depth, the wealth of most recent advances in their field, referring to previous reviews of older work for background information. This method effectively produces a very wide subject coverage in a smaller number of chapters/volumes.

The volume is an important information source for all glycobiologist researchers (senior investigators, post-doctoral fellows and graduate students), and as a good, comprehensive, reference text for scientists working in the life sciences.

Part II: In Memoriam Albert Neuberger 1. Proteoglycans: a special class of glycoproteins (J.E. Silbert, M. Bernfield, R. Kokenyesi) 2. Nuclear and cytoplasmic glycoproteins (K.D. Greis, G.W. Hart) 3. Crabohydrate units of nervous tissue glycoproteins (J. Finne) 4. Glycosyl-phosphatidylinositol anchors: structure, biosynthesis and function (R.N. Cole, G.W. Hart) 5. Dictyostelium discoideum glycoproteins: using a model system for organismic glycobiology (H.H. Freeze) 6. Hemocyanins (J.P. Kamerling, J.F.G. Vliegenthart) 7. Fish glycoproteins (S. Inoue, Y. Inoue) 8. Amphibian glycoproteins (G. Strecker) 9. Blood glycoproteins (K.J. Clemetson) 10. Transferrin superfamily. An outstanding model for studying biochemical evolution (J. Montreuil, G Spik, J. Mazurier) 11. Chemistry, biochemistry and biology of sialic acids (R. Schauer, J.P. Kamerling) 12. Plant lectins: tools for the study of complex carbohydrates (I.J. Goldstein, H.C. Winter, R.D. Poretz) 13. Microbial lectins and their glycoprotein receptors (N. Sharon, H. Lis) 14. Adhesive glycoproteins and receptors (R.C. Hughes) 15. Carbohydrate differentiation antigens Ii, SSEA-1 (Le^x) and related structures. Prototype mammalian carbohydrate antigens that serve as ligands in molecular recognition (T. Feizi) 16. Cell adhesion and recognition mechanisms in the nervous tissue (J-P. Zanetta) 17. Neoglycoproteins (R.T. Lee, Y.C. Lee).