Featured articles
From 2006-2011, the Consortium for Functional Glycomics (CFG) and the Nature Publishing Group (NPG) collaborated to provide the Functional Glycomics Update, a one-stop resource with monthly updates on the latest developments in glycobiology. Here, access the complete archive of Featured Articles, specially written editors' reviews on the most exciting findings in glycobiology. Original pieces created by NPG as part of the NPG-CFG partnership are subject to copyright by the Nature Publishing Group, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited; used with permission.
January 2007
Glycosylation enzyme targeting: A crucial domain
The length of the transmembrane (TM) domain retains a glycosyltransferase or a glycosidase in a specific region of the Golgi, whereas the composition of cytoplasmic (CT) domain can influence targeting of these enzymes to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER).
Original research paper: Plant Cell 18, 3182-3200 (2006)
doi:10.1105/tpc.105.036400T cell fate: Loss of sialic acid in apoptosis
CD8+ T cell contraction is triggered after an immune response by lectin binding and recognition of sialic acid depleted O-glycans.
Original research paper: Mol Cell Biol. 27, 1096-1111 (2007)
doi:10.1128/MCB.01750-06
