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.
June 2007
Glycosylation effects: Core contributions
Distant carbohydrate substitutions at the N-glycan core alter glycan lectin affinity, glycoprotein-mediated cell binding and serum clearance.
Original research paper: Biochemistry 46, 6984-6995 (2007)
doi:10.1021/bi7000467Tumor growth: At the end of a snake bite
The C-type lectins lebectin and lebecetin isolated from the venom of the blunt-nosed viper (Macrovipera lebetina) have been shown to inhibit tumor angiogenesis through a direct interaction with epithelial cell integrins.
Original research paper: J Cell Physiol. 211, 307-315 (2007)
doi:10.1021/jcp.20935
