Introduction to Glycobiology

This introduction to the study of the structures of sugars attached to cells and proteins presents essential elements of glycobiology to undergraduates and other non-specialists in an accessible manner, focusing on stories about what sugars do for cells and organisms. The importance of glycosylation in protein secretion and stability, cell- cell adhesion, and immunity is emphasized, and the glycobiology underlying human disease is explained to place the subject in a biomedical context. Learning features include simple organization, key terms, and chapter summaries. The authors are affiliated with the Glycobiology Institute at the University of Oxford, UK. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Maureen Taylor gained her BSc from King's College, University of London and went on to study for her PhD at the University of London. She was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Columbia University and is currently University Research Lecturer at the Glycobiology Institute in the Department of Biochemistry, and Fellow and Tutor of Biochemistry at Exeter College, University of Oxford. Kurt Drickamer studied for his BS at Stanford University, and then his PhD at Harvard. He was the Helen Hay Whitney Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Duke University and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory before being appointed Assistant Professor of Biochemistry, University of Chicago and then Associate Professor of Biochemistry, Columbia University. He is currently Professor of Biochemistry and Wellcome Principal Research Fellow at the Glycobiology Institute in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.

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